Cells of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (IMAGE)

Tampere University

Cells of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Caption

Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium. An epithelial cell is in the middle with microvilli (golden), voltage-gated sodium channels (white), and the photoreceptor cells of the retina (blue) made fluorescent and imaged with a high-resolution confocal microscope. The size of the image is 38 x 38 micrometres (one micrometre is one thousandth of a millimetre).

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Julia Johansson and Teemu Ihalainen, Tampere University

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