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Mouse brain regions that lack oxygen

A brain from a mouse with CCM3 disease showing regions in the brain that lack oxygen (hypoxia, magenta) due to blood vessels (collagen IV, blue) that are occluded with coagulated blood (fibrin, green).
Fabrizio Orsenigo and Maria Globisch
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