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A confocal micrograph showing astroglia from the early postnatal mouse cerebral cortex in culture. The cells are immunostained for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, green) and with DAPI to show nuclei (blue). Image from the protocol by Heinrich et al. Cover design by Jamel Wooten.