Fig. 1.7.14. Non-synaptic intercellular contacts between the perikaryon of a thalamocortical relay neuron (N) and a dendrite (D) in thalamic ventrobasal nucleus. The contacts consist of multiple confluenting adherent puncta (arrows). The function of these non-synaptic contacts is unknown. Scale = 0.5 um. (Rat, thalamus.) Download the high resolution image.