Dr. Lee Goldstein explains how the axons, capillaries, and blood vessels in the brain are sheared when a "bobblehead" head on a rigid neck accelerates back and forth.
Posted on BrainLine February 28, 2013.
Produced by Brian King, Vicky Youcha, and Erica Queen, BrainLine.
About the author: Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD
Dr. Lee Goldstein is an associate professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering at the Alzheimer's Disease Center at Boston University.
