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In this study, our objective was to characterize brain tissue autofluorescence present in three models of acute brain injury, including collagenase-induced intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and middle cerebral artery occlusion, and to establish a simple method to block autofluorescence effectively. Using fluorescence microscopy, we examined autofluorescence in brain sections affected by ICH and TBI. In addition, we optimized a protocol to block autofluorescence with SBB pretreatment and evaluated the reduction in fluorescence intensity. Compared to untreated, pretreatment with SBB reduced brain tissue autofluorescence in the ICH model by 73.68% (FITC), 76.05% (Tx Red), and 71.88% (DAPI), respectively. In the TBI model, the ratio of pretreatment to untreated decreased by 56.85% (FITC), 44.28% (Tx Red), and 46.36% (DAPI), respectively. Furthermore, we tested the applicability of the protocol using immunofluorescence staining or Cyanine-5.5 labeling in the three models. SBB treatment is highly effective and can be applied to immunofluorescence and fluorescence label imaging techniques. SBB pretreatment effectively reduced background fluorescence but did not significantly reduce the specific fluorescence signal and greatly improved the signal-to-noise ratio of fluorescence imaging. 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