area postrema (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

area postrema

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Neurons (blue) in a part of the brain called the area postrema, seen here, express a variety of genes, including receptors for the immune system molecule IL-6 (white).

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Li lab/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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