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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Cell Res. 2007 Apr 27;313(10):2228–2235. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.04.025

Figure 1. Flexibility of neurofilaments.

Figure 1

Atomic force micrograph showing a typical image of hydrated, native bovine spinal cord neurofilaments deposited from solution on a mica surface to which they strongly adhere. Note the significant flexibility on a length scale less than a micron. Occasionally, stretched filaments such as that shown in the center with apparently smaller diameters are seen, possibly as the result of flow-induced forces as the filaments adhered or as the AFM cantilever moved laterally across the surface.