The Plastic Glial-Synaptic Dynamics within the Neuropil: A Self-Organizing System Composed of Polyelectrolytes in Phase Transition

Figure 2

Fluorescence in Müller cell. (a) Fresh thin slice of retina under UV illumination. The slice was previously incubated with fluorescent crotamine [51]. The outer retina receptor layer has strong fluorescence. Part of the fluorescence is intrinsic, due to oil droplets (blue, green, and red) found in the inner segment of cones. A rod outer segment and a cone inner segment can easily be seen. Close to the cone, the inner segment microvilli of the outer retina portion are very bright. (b) False color display of the inset. Note that all the fluorescence in glia is extrinsic or due to the close association (adsorption) of the basic protein with glial membrane.

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