Path of a Nerve Cell (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Path of a Nerve Cell

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The twisted pathway of a single nerve cell in the skin on the back of a mouse. This particular cell has wrapped itself around at least 140 hair follicles.

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Hao Wu

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