Fig. 14.6A. A colored version of the electron micrograph shown in Fig. 14.6. A microglial cell in layer 3 of the primary visual cortex of a 25 year old monkey. The perikaryon of this cell is distended by a large inclusion of phagocytozed material.

Microglial cell- orange;  neuronal cell body and dendrites- blue; axon terminal- green; dendritic spines- grey; astrocytic processes- yellow.

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