WORKSHOP IN HISTOLOGY, CYTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY - 2016

Section 4. TISSUES

Slide 59. Astrogliocytes.

Staining: silver impregnation.

Magnification: x400.

Astrocytic glial Cells (1) are stellate in shape and stained black. They feature numerous processes (2), the terminal ends of which are frequently located around Blood capillaries (3). At high magnification, one can observe an expanded astrocytic end-FOOT (4) that directly contacts the Capillary Wall.

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Slide 59. Astrogliocytes.

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