severe shearing brain

Understanding Diffuse Axonal Injury: Addressing Severe Shearing in Brain Trauma Introduction Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) represents one of the most devastating and complex challenges in neurotrauma medicine. Far from being a localized bruise, DAI signifies widespread mechanical damage to the axons—the long fiber projections that transmit information between different areas of the brain. When coupled with severe shearing forces, this…