image: These are blood-vessel-wall-derived cells in the scar after spinal cord injury. Electron microscopic picture showing the ultra-structure of the scar with blood-vessel-derived cells in green. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 8, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Christian Göritz of Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues was titled, "A Pericyte Origin of Spinal Cord Scar Tissue." view more
Credit: Picture by Oleg Shupliakov