Fig. 2.1.35. A reconstructed part of a synaptic glomerulus from  thalamic ventrobasal nucleus. Giant axon terminal (green) makes tens  of synaptic contacts with spines (here termed "excrescences")  protruding from the dendrite of a thalamocortical relay neuron (ochre). Multilayered laminated astrocytic processes (blue) ensheathe the  glomerulus. Edge of scale cube = 0.2 µm. (Cf. Fig. 2.1.32. C.)