Vesicles have a wide pattern of motions, but not all of them are moving at random.

Upper left: Live confocal imaging of synaptic vesicles labeled with quantum dots in the top region on pre-synaptic terminal expressing green fluorescence protein. Lower left: Synaptic vesicle tracking color-coded according to their trajectory length through the pre-synaptic terminal. Right : Distribution of synaptic vesicle trajectories according to vesicle speed and trajectory length (blue < 2 micrometers, green 2-4 micrometers, red > 4 micrometers).
Date:
14 June 2017
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