Journal of Neuroscience · 2006 · 219 citations · 9 references
Life SciencesNeurobiologyNeuroscienceCellular NeurobiologyCellular NeuroscienceNeural CircuitryElectron MicroscopyIntercellular CommunicationNeural CommunicationSynaptic ConnectivitySynaptic TransmissionTransmission Electron MicroscopyElectron Microscopy In HistologySerial Block-face Electron MicroscopySynaptic JunctionsUltrastructural Neuroanatomy
The transmission electron microscope (TEM) was first used approximately half a century ago to answer important neurobiological questions, showing unequivocally that neurons communicate via synaptic junctions ([Palay and Palade, 1955][1]; [Gray, 1959][2]). TEM usually requires that biological
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Sanford L. Palay, George E. Palade · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1955 · 874 citations · Full text
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