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Press release: HKUST Life Science researchers establish an intracranial optic tract injury model to reveal mechanisms of functional circuit reconstruction following CNS injury

  • cherryqylu
  • Mar 30
  • 1 min read

This article was originally published on EurekAlert! on March 28, 2025.


A research team led by Prof. LIU Kai from the Division of Life Science and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has established an innovative intracranial pre-olivary pretectal nucleus (OPN) optic tract injury model (pre-OPN OTI), shedding light on crucial mechanisms of functional axonal rewiring following central nervous system injury.


Fluorescence(and zom in) images showing CTB-labeled RGC axons (green) and GFAPlabeled lesion site (blue) in LGN and OPN
Fluorescence(and zom in) images showing CTB-labeled RGC axons (green) and GFAPlabeled lesion site (blue) in LGN and OPN

 
 

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