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. 2017 Jul 21;6(Suppl 1):57–68. doi: 10.1007/s40120-017-0070-z

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Isolation of human synaptosomes. When postmortem brain tissues are homogenized, the synaptic terminals often detach from neuronal processes and reseal into vesicular objects. The crude synaptosome pellet can be collected by sedimentation. Further enrichment is usually carried out by discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation