(A) Labeling of dendritic spines by
anti-spinophilin antibody in mature primary neuronal culture. A dendrite with
spines labeled with the F-actin binding mushroom toxin phalloidin can be clearly
seen to colocalize spinophilin. Axon terminals labeled by antibody to
synaptophysin appose some of these spines (arrows).
(B) Confocal projection micrograph of
spinophilin immunoreactivity in human cortex showing labeled puncta from deep
layer 3.
(C) Spinophilin-immunoreactive puncta,
labeled using the same antibody as in (A), shown in deep layer 3 of monkey
auditory cortex.