Definitions for "DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY"
Widespread distribution of and damage to white matter of the brain due to rotational shearing forces coincident with head trauma.
Widespread and patchy shearing of the axons (nerve cells) which interconnect areas of the brain. Such damage is characteristic of severe CLOSED HEAD INJURY (qv).
The widespread structural injury and disruption of axons, the wires of communication that exist between brain cells, that results from the forces of trauma.