Fig. 8. DBH-positive
terminal contacts a dendrite of a cholinergic neuron located
in the caudal part of the substantia innominata. A: Low
magnification electron micrograph with two dendritic segments.
Box in lower left is enlarged (D). B: Light microscopic view
of the neuron. (Note that part of this neuron is depicted in the
color micrograph of Fig. 6C). Asterisks (B,C) mark the
cell body. Arrowhead points to the DBH varicosity identified in
(D). C: Low magnification view of the section under the electron
microscope. Boxed area is enlarged (A). D: Enlarged view of the
synapse. The DBH-positive bouton is densely labeled. Arrows denote
postsynaptic density. Note the prominent subsynaptic dense bodies.
An electron micrograph of the same bouton taken from an adjacent thin
section was published earlier in Zaborszky et al. (Catecholaminergic-cholinergic
interaction in the basal forebrain, 1993, p. 37) with kind permission
from Elsevier Science. Scale bar = 100 µm in B, 10 µm in A, C,
1 µm in D.