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10.3791/52173-v

November 25th, 2014

November 25th, 2014

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1KY Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, 2Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

We present a protocol utilizing two-photon excitation time-lapse microscopy to simultaneously visualize the dynamics of axon and myelin injuries in real time. This proposed protocol permits studies of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors which can influence central myelinated axon fate after injury and contribute to permanent clinical disability.

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