Mitochondria (the structure that creates the energy to power a cell) being shuffled between cells.
Human astrocytes - one of the most frequent brain cells - growing in a dish in the lab. The mitochondria in the cell on the upper le; have been labeled with a fluorescent green dye. An ‘arm’ containing mitochondria has extended from the labeled cell, and is in contact with an adjacent cell. The line indicates 50 microns, or 1/20th of a millimetre. Image by Remy Schneider, VUW/MIMR
Human astrocyte cells in culture, with mitochondria labeled either red or green. A two-way connection between cells has been made, with green mitochondria entering the ‘red’ cell, and red mitochondria entering the ‘green’ cell. Scale bar represents 50 microns, or 1/20th of a millimetre. Image by Remy Schneider, VUW/MIMR.
High resolution image of a mouse astrocyte cell grown in culture, with mitochondria stained in red. The scale bar represents 20 microns, or 1/50th of a millimetre. Image by Remy Schneider, VUW/MIMR.
Developing neurons grown in culture, stained with a neural-specific protein in green (MAP2). The nucleus of the cell is stained blue. The scale bar represents 20 microns, or 1/50th of a millimetre. Image by Remy Schneider, VUW/MIMR
Developing neurons grown in culture, with mitochondria stained in red. The nucleus of the cell is stained blue/ purple. The scale bar represents 20 microns, or 1/50th of a millimetre. Image by Remy Schneider, VUW/MIMR.
Mixed culture of developing neurons and astrocytes in culture (green) with low level of mitochondrial staining, red.
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