Astrocytes and blood vessels of the retina, micrograph.

Astrocytes and blood vessels of the retina, micrograph A large-scale high-resolution montage of the entire surface of a mouse retina generated by the use of antibody labeling and laser scanning confocal imaging. The montage is comprised of more than 400 tiled images acquired sequentially across the retinal surface and seamlessly stitched together using specialized software to form one large image. Since the original image tiles were taken at high resolution, details at the cellular level can be viewed at any point on the montage by zooming into the selected area. Complete networks of both astrocytes and blood vessels on the retinal surface are shown in the montage by virtue of their different antibody labeling properties: astrocyte cell bodies are red, the star-shaped extensions from the astrocyte cell bodies are green, and blood vessels are blue.

Confocal micrograph.