Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology
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7.3. Artifacts

Fig. 7.3.17. Dark neuron usually appears as a result of mechanical trauma or edema. Cytoplasm is dark, mitochondria swollen, nucleus shrunken (N) and surrounding astrocyte processes hydropic (A). Scale = 2 µm. (Human, epitumorous neocortex.)

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