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Toxic Brain Matter Can Harm Brain Months After a Stroke

Dye injected into a damaged area of a mouse brain seven weeks post-stroke spreads past the glial scar barrier. Photo courtesy Kristian Doyle, Ph.D. / University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

For stroke survivors, brain injury doesn’t always stop when the stroke has passed. Now, researchers at University of Arizona and Stanford University School of Medicine have moved one step closer to understanding why.

Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
UA Study: Toxic, Liquefied Tissues Can Damage Brain For Months After Stroke