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Nanocolumns at the heart of the synapse

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A nanocolumn spans the synaptic cleft between neurons, connecting regions of neurotransmitter molecule release and capture. This discovery informs on mechanisms of synaptic organization and regulation. See Letter p.210

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Figure 1: Architecture of a synapse.

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  1. Stephan J. Sigrist and Astrid G. Petzoldt are at the Institute of Biology, Free University of Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, and the Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin.,

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