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. 2017 Jan 31;9:3. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2017.00003

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Copyright © 2017 Pelzer, Horstmann and Kuner.

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3D reconstruction of a PIR-MD synapses from serial sections. (A) The full glomerulus including the glial sheath is depicted. (B) The same synapse including the visualization of the mitochondria and synaptic vesicles, lacking the glial sheath. (C) Similar visualization without the presynaptic compartment. Cyan = glia sheath, blue = presynaptic terminal, yellow = post-synaptic dendrite, green = vesicles, red = mitochondria. Scale bars = 1 μm.