Scientists Get Closer Look at Living Nerve Synapses (IMAGE)
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The brain hosts an extraordinarily complex network of interconnected nerve cells that are constantly exchanging electrical and chemical signals at speeds difficult to comprehend. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have been able to achieve -- with a custom-built microscope -- the closest view yet of living nerve synapses. Nerve synapses are the junctions between neurons that govern how these cells communicate. The researchers have been able to achieve even closer looks than shown, however this image shows multiple working nerve synapses.
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Dario Maschi
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