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Caption: Brain cells are surrounded by a heterogeneous and dynamic structure known as the extracellular matrix Participant category: Postdoctoral Department: UC San Diego Department of Neurosciences This hand-painted image, created with watercolor and gouache, is based on data from a high-resolution microscope. It shows a fluorescently-labeled extracellular matrix (ECM) in a mouse brain, highlighting how it surrounds nerve cell bodies (neuronal soma), their processes (axons and dendrites), connections, and support cells (glia). In areas where the ECM breaks down at strengthened synapses, “windows” emerge, allowing stronger connections between brain cells to form and stabilize. These stronger connections are crucial for brain health and memory. Understanding how this process works could lead to advancements in improving brain health in humans. Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/rdcp) Lemieux, Sakina (2024). Walking Through Windows. In Art of Science. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J06110NJ
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