Image of the Week - December 1, 2014
CIL:42509 - http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/42509
Description: Blood vessels and astrocytes in aging rat retina, confocal imaging, 40x. Blood vessels are shown in blue; astrocytes (supportive cells of the nervous system) are mostly in red. As organisms age, changes in astrocytes might contribute to disease and degeneration. First Prize, 2005 Olympus BioScapes Competition.
Authors: Hussein Mansour and the 2005 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Licensing: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives: This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives License
