This video shows injured human brain cells in red, astrocytes after a whiplash trauma that release biomarkers and over time disintegrate and die, then losing the red dye in numerous vesicles. 

This clip shows how a traumatized human astrocyte becomes reactive by rapidly forming new processes.

Neocortical human astrocytes on deformable membranes respond to pressure pulse stretching by pronounced contraction ending up as stars, typical reactivity behavior captured at UCLA in the Wanner lab by time-lapse in a unique trauma culture model.

Brain motion of a concussion.

 

This congress talk showcases using a human trauma model and pharmacodynamic biomarkers to track the neuroprotective power of a novel therapeutic drug for neurotrauma.