Nerve Fibers

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Nerve Fibers
Misaligned Scar Tissue
IC Injury Center
In untreated spinal cord injuries, nerve fibers
(green) become trapped within misaligned scar
tissue (red) and fail to grow across the injury
site.
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Nerve Fibers
Astrocyte Transplant
IC Injury Center
IC
In rat spinal cord injuries that have received
transplants of a specific type of astrocyte cells
(red) made from stem cell-like cells called glial
precursors, 40 of nerve fibers were now able to
grow across the injury site.