Figure 1.7.6. A: a series of ChAT immunostained coronal sections used for tracing cholinergic neurons with their initial dendritic arborization. B: enlarged view of the boxed area from section #4. Note that colors are randomly generated by the NEUROLUCIDA program, but the same dendrite with all side branches have always identical colors. Small white dots represent branching points of dendrites.
C: Computer graphic reconstruction of the 7 sections depicted in part A, using a special NEUROLUCIDA program for 3-D reconstruction, frontal view. Most of the anatomical contours present in the original file have been turned off in order to better appreciate the cholinergic cell distribution. D: enlargement of C . In this figure even the outlines of the sections are turned off.