Axo-Axonic Cell (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Axo-Axonic Cell

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Pictured is an axo-axonic cell (AAC) found in the cortex of a mouse brain. Huang and his colleagues discovered that there are multiple subtypes of AACs. Each is distinguished by the arrangement of important connections the chandelier-shaped cells form with neighboring neurons.

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Wang et al. <em>Cell Reports</em> 2019

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