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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2008 Nov 20;511(3):396–414. doi: 10.1002/cne.21849

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Ultrastructural analysis of longitudinal and transverse sections of utricles from chickens ranging in age from postnatal day 0 (P0) to P365 demonstrates that circumferential F-actin bands remain narrow in the vertical dimension in addition to width. A-D) The vertical dimensions of F-actin bands (arrows in C and D) at the adherens junctions (arrowheads in C and D) in TEM images of longitudinal sections from a P0 and P365 chicken are thin and comparable. Scale bar for A and B in B, 2 μm. Scale bar for C and D in D, 0.5 μm. E-F) Transverse sections provide a view identical to that seen in confocal images, and the width (black bars) of the F-actin bands in P0 (E) and P365 (F) chickens is similar. Scale bar for E and F in F, 2 μm.