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Connectomes of a Left-Right Pair of Interscutularis Muscles

Caption: Axons in the connectomes of the left and right interscutularis muscles of a 1-month old animal were color-coded based on the rank-order of their motor unit sizes (the number of muscle fibers innervated by each axon) in each connectome. Thus each axon and its contralateral counterpart can be identified in the connectomes, and subsequently their morphologies can be compared.

Credit: Ju Lu/Harvard University

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