3D-Printed Atrophic Human Brain
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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.