Snapshots in Neuroscience: Mossy fiber boutons
These images have been selected to showcase the art that neuroscience research can create. As described by Dr. Marta Orlando and colleagues: “This image displays partial 3D reconstructions of mossy fiber boutons, which are unique synapses in the hippocampus. The presynaptic membrane is shown in turquoise, the postsynaptic membrane in green. Inside the presynaptic compartment, synaptic vesicles can be detected as small spherical structures (blue and red, respectively). The synapse on the left is from a
