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. 2022 Jan 7;12:143. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03744-4

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Injured nerve fibers in deep cerebellar white matter. (a) Silver staining identifies injured nerve fibers (black, red arrowheads) and cell nuclei (brown) in sections taken ipsilateral and contralateral to blast impact. Heads were either fixed in place or allowed to move laterally during blast exposure, and brains were harvested at the indicated time points. Sections from sham-treated rats showed no detectable silver staining. Scale bar = 30 µm. Images are representative of n = 3 rats treated under each condition at each time point. (b) Quantification of silver-stained neurites (means ± s.e.m per field; n = 3). In both the head-fixed and head-movement conditions, the number of injured neurites was increased relative to the sham condition. (p < 0.01 by the Mann–Whitney test). Differences between the two sides and between the four time points assessed were not statistically different in either condition.