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Movie of calcium wave in astrocytes
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Cultured astrocytes loaded with the fluorescent
calcium-sensitive dye, fluo-3, are gently
stimulated by touching with glass pipette in the
top left corner. The wave of calcium rapidly
alerts cells to nearby mechanical stimulus,
causing changes in colour and brightness as the
calcium wave passes through cells. This signal
may instruct cells to make more energy or
synthesise more proteins, for example.
Images were taken on a Zeiss LSM510 Confocal
Microscope. Biomedical Image Awards 1999.