Silent Synapses (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Silent Synapses

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Only 20 percent of synapses (red) were observed to transmit dopamine. The rest (green) were found to be silent.

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Sulzer Lab/Columbia University Medical Center

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