1.0Department of Cell Biology and Physiologyhttps://www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysioDavid Kintonhttps://www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/author/kinton/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TIYWVwLOIV"><a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/p14/">Human Nissl bodies, lipofuscin and cytoskeleton</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/p14/embed/#?secret=TIYWVwLOIV" width="600" height="338" title="“Human Nissl bodies, lipofuscin and cytoskeleton” — Department of Cell Biology and Physiology" data-secret="TIYWVwLOIV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Confocal interference contrast image of the cytoskeleton of a human lumbar motor neuron cell body stained with methylene blue. Isolated cell bodies were extracted by the method of He et al. (1990). Nissl bodies (pink) remain associated with the cytoskeleton and extend out into the dendrites. Liposfuscin, which appears blue, yellow, white and red, also … Read more