Neurons, Freeze!
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 9 Story 1 - 13/4/2010

Reconstruction of a synapse

A 3D representation of the presynaptic neuron. The yellow spheres are the vesicles filled with neurotransmitter. The different types of filaments are in red and blue, the membranes of the presynaptic and postsynaptic neuron are in purple, and the synapse is in green. The postsynaptic neuron cotent is represented in dark yellow.
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Reconstruction of a synapse. A 3D representation of the presynaptic neuron. The yellow spheres are the vesicles filled with neurotransmitter. The different types of filaments are in red and blue, the membranes of the presynaptic and postsynaptic neuron are in purple, and the synapse is in green. The postsynaptic neuron cotent is represented in dark yellow.