Excitatory Synapse
by Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/science Photo Library
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Excitatory Synapse
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Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Excitatory (asymmetric) synapse (mammal central nervous system), transmission electron micrograph (TEM). Chemical synapses are specialized junctions through which nerve cells signal one another or other non-neuronal cells such as muscles. At a typical synapse an axon and a dendrite flank each other across a slender gap (synaptic cleft). Signalling molecules, known as neurotransmitters, are contained in tiny vesicles of the axon. Neurotransmitters pass rapidly from axon to dendrite triggering an electrical impulse. Magnification: x16, 535 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.
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