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Isolate the optic nerve from transgenic mice with brain injuries at defined intervals post-injury. The nerve contains neurons expressing a fluorescent protein.
Using fluorescence microscopy, visualize the injured nerve, which exhibits a progressive increase in axonal swellings and disconnections.
Fix the tissue to preserve cellular structures.
Rinse the tissue to remove excess fixative.
Treat with an osmium-ferrocyanide solution that binds to myelin sheath lipids and enhances contrast for imaging.
Rinse the tissue, then incubate in a heavy metal compound that binds to macromolecules and enhances contrast.
Dehydrate the tissue using increasing alcohol concentrations and embed in a resin.
Obtain transverse and longitudinal sections and treat them with heavy metal compounds, improving contrast.
Under an electron microscope, the longitudinal sections reveal a progressive development of axonal swellings with accumulated swollen mitochondria, vesicles, membrane blebbing, and disrupted cytoskeletal structures.
The transverse sections show a progressive disruption of myelin sheaths, indicating axonal degeneration.
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