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SUBMITTER: Santuy A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6132283 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santuy A A Turégano-López M M Rodríguez J R JR Alonso-Nanclares L L DeFelipe J J Merchán-Pérez A A
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20181001 10
Mitochondria play a key role in energy production and calcium buffering, among many other functions. They provide most of the energy required by neurons, and they are transported along axons and dendrites to the regions of higher energy demands. We have used focused ion beam milling and scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) to obtain stacks of serial sections from the somatosensory cortex of the juvenile rat. We have estimated the volume fraction occupied by mitochondria and their distribution ...[more]