Phase-Contrast Cryo-Electron Tomography of Primary Cultured Neuronal Cells
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To understand synaptic function, unveiling molecular architecture of synapse is one of the important issues. TEM observation of plastic embedded specimens stained with heavy metals has fundamentally contributed to our knowledge about basic structural features of neuronal synapses. However, structural investigations of synapse at the close-to-physiological state are required for a further understanding of synaptic architecture and function.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014