Why We Need People to Donate Their Brains

Dr. Perl describes the differences between scanned images of a live brain as opposed to the specimen that can be analyzed under a powerful microscope.

Posted on BrainLine December 13, 2017.

About the author: Daniel P. Perl, MD

Dr. Perl is a Professor of Pathology at USUHS and Director of the CNRM's Brain Tissue Repository, where he has established a state-of-the-art neuropathology laboratory dedicated to research on the acute and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury among military personnel.

Dr. Daniel P. Pearl