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Brown University

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Two molecular markers, indicated by the red and green fluorescence, are found together only in synaptic Schwann cells. Together they offer a "bar code" that identifies Schwann cells, an important subtype of glia.

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Valdez Lab / Center for Translational Neuroscience / Brown University

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