Mouse embryo brain #10 PEV2

Light microscope histology image of a 0.5 micron section cut through the developing brain tissue (telencephalic hemisphere) of an 11.5 day mouse embryo. This higher magnification histology image of "Mouse Emb. Brain#10 PEV1" shows an example of the early vascularization of the cerebral cortex: a capillary that has perforated the surface of the telencephalon. ZEISS Standard RA LM

Histology image courtesy of Louisa Howard, Miguel Marin-Padilla.