Dynamic Interaction of Microglial Processes with the Pentapartite Synapse
(A) Microglial processes (red) dynamically contact the cellular compartments of the tetrapartite synapse: pre- and postsynaptic neuronal terminals (in brown) as well as the enwrapping perisynaptic astroglial process (in blue).
(B) The electron micrograph (EM) specifically shows a microglial process (m) contacting both the pre- and postsynaptic compartment.
Illustration requested by Dr. Constanza García Keller - Assistant Professor Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology Medical College of Wisconsin
