Aplysia Neurons (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Aplysia Neurons

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Two Aplysia sensory neurons with synaptic contacts on the same motor neuron in culture after isolation from the nervous system of Aplysia. The motor neuron has been injected with a fluorescent molecule that blocks the activity of a specific Protein Kinase M molecule.

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Schacher Lab/Columbia University Medical Center

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