Cover Picture : Scanning electron micrographs of vascular corrosion cast preparations from the macaque monkey striate cortex, with a view across all cortical layers on the left, covering approximately 1.7 mm from surface to white matter, larger arteries and veins shaded red and blue. The top right image shows in higher magnification a few so-called plastic strips that surround superficial arteries. The picture below demonstrates the differently shaped cell nuclei imprints, shallow and elliptical on arteries (middle) and round on veins (top). See Weber et al. 2008. The microvascular system of the striate and extrastriate visual cortex of the macaque. Cereb Cortex 18(10):2318-2330.
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