Contact: Dr. Thomas Dresbach
dresbach@ana.uni-heidelberg.de
49-622-154-8659
University Hospital Heidelberg
Caption: Nerve cells communicate in a cell culture. The protein Neuroligin-1 is green. Bottom right: An enlarged picture of a synapse. Postsynaptic Neuroligin-1 (green) in contact with a presynaptic nerve ending (violett).
Credit: Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Heidelberg University Hospital
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