Synaptic Vesicles (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Synaptic Vesicles

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In this 3-D reconstruction, synaptic vesicles (blue spheres) cluster together in a nerve terminal near the synaptic junction (red). Scale bar equals 0.4 micrometers.

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Pietro De Camilli Lab

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