Fig.11.2A. A colored version of the electron micrograph shown in Fig. 11.1. 

An astrocyte in the upper layers of visual cortex of a 5 year old monkey. There are no filaments obvious in the pale cytoplasm of this cell, which has a large heterogeneous inclusion with dark and pale areas. Note the astrocytic processes in the surrounding neuropil.

Astrocytic processes- yellow; dendrites- blue; axon terminals- green; dendritic spines- grey.

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