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Description

Blood vessels and astrocytes in aging rat retina, confocal imaging, 40x. Blood vessels are shown in blue; astrocytes (supportive cells of the nervous system) are mostly in red. As organisms age, changes in astrocytes might contribute to disease and degeneration. First Prize, 2005 Olympus BioScapes Competition.

Technical Details

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Rattus
Cell Type: astrocyte
Cellular Component: astrocyte projection

Biological Context

Biological Process
Mouse Gross Anatomy: retinal blood vessel

Attribution

Names: Hussein Mansour; 2005 Olympus BioScapes Competition
Link: 2005 Olympus BioScapes Competition
OTHER: University of Sydney, Australia

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL42509
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil42509

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: confocal microscopy
Parameters Imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of Contrast: distribution of epitope

Sample Preparation

Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	1024px	——
Y	1024px	——