Nerve Connections through the Microscope (IMAGE)

Umea University

Nerve Connections through the Microscope

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Microscopic image of nerve connections, so-called neuromuscular synapses, in one eye muscle (left column) and one leg muscle (right column) in an ALS mouse model. The contact between nerve (green) and muscle fibre (red) is retained in eye muscles (bottom left) at the same time as the contact is broken and disappears in leg muscles (bottom right).

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Anton Tjust

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