See Inside
Image: Tina Carvalho/Getty Images
A mouse's nerve cell has broken open to showcase vibrantly colored sacs, which house its neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers neurons use to communicate with one another and with other cells.
This article was originally published with the title Mouse Neuron.
See what we're tweeting about
BrainyActs Brain surgery/social media mashup. http://t.co/ytxuh0rqIm
mdichristina A blast to meet @McBoof and see his awesome app magic today. Definitely a highlight! Catch you in London next time. mdichristina Thanks, @googlescifair, for Uff! @sciencegoddess @SteveSpangler @SpanglerScience @JASONLearning @robinlloyd99 @jtotheizzoe
Deadline: Jun 29 2013
Reward: $7,000 USD
The Seeker for this Challenge desires proposals for chemical methods that could rapidly degrade a dilute aqueous solution
Deadline: Jul 30 2013
Reward: $100,000 USD
The Seeker desires a method for producing pseudoephedrine products in such a way that it will be extremely difficult for clandestine che
Powered By: 
YES! Send me a free issue of Scientific American with no obligation to continue the subscription. If I like it, I will be billed for the one-year subscription.
3 Comments
Add Commenthttp://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/214
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to this"A colorized scanning electron microscope picture of a nerve ending that has been broken open to reveal the synaptic vesicles (orange and blue) beneath the cell membrane."
@marclevesque
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThank you for the link to the source. I suppose it's good that SciAm described what a synaptic vesicle and neurotransmitter are. Mention of the cell membrane and axon terminal might have been nice too.
What is 'vibrantly colored' colored supposed to mean, though? I'm fairly sure that all the components of a nerve cell (or at least those large enough for the word 'color' to have any meaning) are silver, cream, or clear.
Not green as grass-
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to this