Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology
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2.1. Astrocytes

Fig. 2.1.11. A spine-like protrusion (asterisk) of the astrocyte process (A) invaginates the axon terminal. This rarely observed structure could be misinterpreted as a dendritic spine. Scale = 300 nm. (Rat, thalamic ventrobasal nucleus.)

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