Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology
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1.6. Chemical Synapses

Fig. 1.6.5. Axo-spinous synapse (asymmetrical - Gray I type). Presynaptic terminal (pre) contains synaptic vesicles, a postsynaptic density appears postsynaptically (post). The synaptic cleft - containing a finely granulofilamentous material - is marked by asterisk. Note the trilaminar structure of plasma membranes. Scale = 100 nm. (Mouse, cerebellar cortex.)

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