Correlative Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET of Dendritic Spines and Synaptic Connections.

Microsc Microanal

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Published: July 2023

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