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extracellular matrix (pink) is present between the axons of nerve cells. Blue-colored nerve cell axons are surrounded by brown-colored, myelin-supplying Schwann cells, which act like insulation to help speed the transmission of electric nerve impulses down the axon. The tiny brown spots within the ECM are collagen fibers
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A weekly image series featuring selected pictures in science • Extracellular matrix

Nov 3, 2025
stained fluorescence image of a slice of mouse brain, green depicts the excitatory hippocampal neurons; red are obesity-associated proteins and cell nuclei in blue. Image courtesy of Ainara Pintor
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A weekly image series featuring selected pictures in science • Mouse Brain

Oct 27, 2025