Viral Infection Slows Blood Vessel Repair After TBI (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Viral Infection Slows Blood Vessel Repair After TBI

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Seven days after mTBI, the blood vessels (stained in red) in the tissues around the brain are not completely repaired. A marker for intact vessels was used (labeled in green) to distinguish fully functional blood vessels (yellow) from ones that are still damaged (red).

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McGavern Lab, NINDS

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