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Nerve ending

ID Number
1244

Description
A scanning electron microscope picture of a nerve ending. It has been broken open to reveal vesicles (orange and blue) containing chemicals used to pass messages in the nervous system.

Appears in the NIGMS booklet Inside the Cell.

Type
Photograph

Source
Tina Carvalho, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Credit Line
Tina Carvalho, University of Hawaii at Manoa

 

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