HONORABLE MENTION –
Specimen:
Adult mouse hippocampus, a region of the brain involved in learning and
memory. Reactive astroglia (pale yellow) have proliferated and enlarged
in response to neuronal activity over time.
Technique:
Confocal microscopy, Z-stack of 7 slices. (Dr. Sandra Dieni/Institute of
Anatomy and Cell Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University/Freiburg, Germany
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