Fig. 5

Vascular branching and coverage in the setting of repetitive head impacts and CTE. Scheme for the association between vascular branching, RHI, and CTE in the DLF gray matter sulcus. Illustrations representing a controls and b CTE cases. Each illustration is paired with a 347 µm × 335 µm × 81 µm fluorescent tomato lectin⁶⁴⁹ (green) image stack of DLF gray matter sulcus tissue from a representative case. As reflected in our data, b shows a significantly higher branch density in the sulcus than a