Healthy and Damanged Neurons (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Healthy and Damanged Neurons

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Left: A healthy neuron, with its dendrites and axon intact. Right: The damaged neuron has retracted its arms, breaking essential connections with its neighbors.

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Photo courtesy of Matthew Hemphill, Borna Dabiri, and Sylvain Gabriele.

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