New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

Illuminating the dark. Tavakoli, Lyudchik, and Danzl discuss a close-up image of the hippocampus—a brain region responsible for memory formation and spatial navigation—in the microscopy room ...

This approach, which Denk and Webb termed multiphoton or, more specifically, two-photon microscopy, ... He is also heading a second project slated for launch in 2010, the Neuron Registry, ...

A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuron communication.

A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuron communication.

The Microscopy Core includes four confocal microscopes and one two-photon microscopy suite. The confocal microscopes include a ZEISS 510 system with three ... Scale bar, 10 µm. (B) Representative ...

Researchers have made use of novel ultrafast electron microscopy techniques to track millisecond changes in a material during electrical pulsing. A team at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE ...

Holographic microscopy illuminates pain-driven changes in neuronal network activity. Kobe University. Journal Science Advances Funder Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan Society for the ...

They were able to image neuron activity within a volume measuring 1200 X 1200 X 100 microns at video rate. Using an algorithm, the researchers were able to identify 926 neurons in the imaged volume.

Advancing our understanding of the human brain will require new insights into how neural circuitry works in mammals, including laboratory mice. These ...

Whole-brain functional imaging at single-neuron resolution. We used laser-scanning light-sheet microscopy 20 to image the entire brain of the larval zebrafish with single-cell resolution for more ...