Scanning electron microscopy image of a human neuromuscular junction (IMAGE)

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Scanning electron microscopy image of a human neuromuscular junction

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Scanning electron microscopy image of a human neuromuscular junction generated in microfluidic devices. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived motor neuron axons fan out and embed themselves into the human muscle tissue, which creates a large connection surface.

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Dr. Pieter Baatsen, LiMoNe, Research Group Molecular Neurobiology and Katarina Stoklund Dittlau, Laboratory of Neurobiology at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research

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