Spencer Smith, PhD, peers through a microscope of his own creation, trying to home in on a single neuron. The cell is tiny, about 0.015 millimeters in diameter. He attempts to clamp a microscopic ...

Microglial cells recognize areas of damage and inflammation and swallow cellular debris. The larger orange shape is an oligodendrocyte. The ragged extensions of an oligodendrocyte can supply many ...

Algorithm helps analyze neuron images Date: December 7, 2015 Source: Brown University ... Neurites are tiny structures that are hard to see under a microscope during live-cell imaging.

New AI technique identifies dead cells under the microscope 100 times faster than people can – potentially accelerating research on neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s ...

At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists are using a cutting-edge microscope, the first of its kind in the world, to image whole cells in 3-D with the penetrating power of x-rays. The ...

When the electron microscope finally revealed the synapse in 1955, ... Eve Marder of Brandeis University has found that these neuromodulators work when applied to axons, the neuron cell body, ...

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 ...