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SCI stimulates immediate osteocyte cell death in sublesional trabecular bone. Osteocyte numbers were determined in trabecular bone of H and E stained sections through the distal femoral metaphysis in uninjured rats (a) and at 3 days post-injury (b). There was a marked reduction in the number of osteocytes following SCI (white arrows mark empty lacunae)
