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. 2017 Jan 13;10:310. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00310

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Copyright © 2017 Sutherland, Mathews, Mao, Nguyen and Gorrie.

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Examples of swollen axons in (A) Adult, (B) Juvenile, and (C) Infant white matter 1 week post injury. (D) Histogram of the number of swollen axons per 100 μm in the lateral and ventral white matter at the lesion center by age group, at 24 h, 1, 2, and 6 weeks post injury. # indicates a statistically significant increase (P < 0.001) in swollen axons in the adult and juvenile groups compared to the infants. Controls are not shown as they did not show any swollen axons. Yellow arrows indicate typical swollen axons.