3D-Printed Atrophic Human Brain
Dilmen, Nevit
Walker, Scott
NIH 3D Print Exchange
2016
History of Medicine Collection
The 3D human brain model on the left, originally created from an MRI scan, depicts a brain that has shrunk from loss of neurons. Atrophy is associated with a number of conditions, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia.