Macrophage next to nerve in liver (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Macrophage next to nerve in liver

Caption

Electron microscopy image of pigeon liver tissue shows hepatic macrophage (blue) in contact to nerve fiber (yellow), which enables them to transmit (“magnetic”) information to the pigeon brain.

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Lisowski et al. (2026) Science

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