Fig. 7.4A. A copy of the above micrograph in which some of the profiles have been colored.
A large myelin balloon in the primary visual cortex of a 24 year old monkey. This balloon has a diameter of 6 microns and is surrounded by a thin myelin sheath. The axon is flattened against one side of the sheath.
Dendrites- blue; axon terminals- green; astrocytes- yellow; dendrites- blue.
