Transmission electron micrograph of nerve cells at the thigh muscle motor end plate. The motor end plate is the highly-excitable region of muscle fiber plasma membrane responsible for initiation of a...

Figure 393 from Chapter 15 (Cytoplasmic Inclusions) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Longitudinal section of frog neuromuscular junction, prepared by rapid freezing with liquid helium fo...

Confocal micrograph of an intact Drosophila larva imaged through the translucent cuticle showing the innervation of the dorsal (towards the back) muscle fibres by motor nerves. The muscles have been g...

Confocal image of axons (green) making contact with muscle fibers at neuromuscular junctions. As seen here more than one nerve fiber initially contacts each muscle fiber. As development proceeds, the ...

Figure 392 from Chapter 15 (Cytoplasmic Inclusions) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Frog neuromuscular junction, prepared by rapid freezing with liquid helium followed by freeze substit...

Figure 394 from Chapter 15 (Cytoplasmic Inclusions) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. "Omega figures" capturing synaptic vesicle exocytosis at the synaptic junction. This event was obser...

Confocal micrograph showing the complex connectivity at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila (fruit fly). Muscle fibers shown in red and nerve fibers into neruomuscular junction shown in blue and ...