Neuron (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Neuron

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This is a normal mouse neuron with intact docking stations (in green). Docking stations, critical parts of a neuron's communication machinery, house neurotransmitter-packed bubbles (in red) that stand ready to launch when a trigger arrives. A new HMS study reveals that even when these docking stations are dismantled, neurons retain some of their ability to communicate with each other.

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