The patient described in Question 28 persists in a vegetative coma for several months and then expires. A section of the temporal lobe shows massive proliferation of cells with a star-shaped...

The patient described in Question 28 persists in a vegetative coma for several months and then expires. A section of the temporal lobe shows massive proliferation of cells with a star-shaped appearance (shown in the image). Which of the following best accounts for this cellular response to injury?

(A) Axonal regeneration

(B) Chromatolysis

(C) Gliosis

(D) Leukodystrophy

(E) Neuronophagia

(A) Axonal regeneration

(B) Chromatolysis

(C) Gliosis

(D) Leukodystrophy

(E) Neuronophagia