Figure 1. Overview of strategies for synaptic labelling, monitoring, and manipulation (IMAGE)

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Figure 1. Overview of strategies for synaptic labelling, monitoring, and manipulation

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Synapse labeling strategies involve marking synaptic contact sites with different fluorescent proteins in the pre- and postsynaptic compartments. The interface between these contacts is also labeled, and active synapses are manipulated using optogenetic approaches.

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