Organizing Principles of Astrocytic Nanoarchitecture in the Mouse Cerebral

Using high-resolution serial electron microscopy datasets and computer vision, this study provides a systematic analysis of astrocytic nanoarchitecture from multiple samples of layer 2/3 of adult mouse neocortex, and presents quantitative evidence that astrocytes organize their morphology into purposeful, classifiable assemblies with unique structural and subcellular organelle adaptations related to their physiological functions.

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