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. 2019 Sep 27;10(10):727. doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-1908-3

Fig. 3. Application of 15% strain induces formation of axonal varicosities and mitochondrial fragmentation.

Fig. 3

a Schematic displaying the application of uniaxial strain injury. A linear actuator drives a syringe piston to apply pneumatic actuation and inject pressure into the cavity beneath the interconnecting microchannels. Injected pressure is read using a high-speed analog to digital converter. b Strain modeling in MATLAB, PDE Toolbox. Application of 2.0 psi induces a deflection of 300 μm in 2-mm-wide pneumatic channel (15% strain). c Phase-contrast micrographs of processes before and ~1 min after application of 15% strain injury. d Fluorescence micrographs of mitochondria (labeled with MitoTracker Green FM) within interconnecting microchannels before and after application of 15% strain injury. e Phase-contrast micrographs of axonal processes before and 2 and 15 h after application of 15% strain injury. Scale bars, 25 μm, 10 μm (c), 25 μm, 10 μm (d), 50 μm (e)