image: Image captured by Focused Ion Beam milling and Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB/SEM) showing numerous synapses in the rat cerebral cortex. The images obtained with FIB/SEM are similar to those obtained with conventional transmission electron microscopy, but with the advantage that FIB/SEM permits serial reconstructions of large volumes of tissue to be generated rapidly and automatically. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 26, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Javier DeFelipe at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues was titled, "From the Connectome to the Synaptome: An Epic Love Story." view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Juan Morales, Lidia Alonso-Nanclares, José-Rodrigo Rodríguez, Javier DeFelipe, Ángel Rodríguez and Ángel Merchán-Pérez]