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·April 18, 2023·5 min read

Revealing the Entire Mouse Brain in Unprecedented Detail: Brain Images Just Got 64 Million Times Sharper

Researchers dramatically improved the resolution of MRI imaging technology, leading to the sharpest images ever generated of the mouse brain.

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·March 21, 2023·4 min read

Wearable Microscopes Advance Spinal Cord Imaging in Mice

A newly invented wearable microscope produces high-definition and real-time images of neurons and activity in the mouse spinal cord in previously inaccessible regions.

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·January 25, 2023·2 min read

Mini2P Microscope Goes Global

The Mini2P microscope can be used to record brain activity in live, freely moving mice.

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·October 24, 2022·4 min read

How Psychedelics Light Up Brain’s Neuropathways

Study reveals the basic neurobiology of how psychedelics work at the chemical, molecular, neural, and network levels within the brain.

This shows the researchers holding up the microscope

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·March 20, 2022·7 min read

An Open-Source Miniature Brain Microscope

A new miniature brain microscope, dubbed Mini2P, allows researchers to study neural network activity at high resolution in animals behaving naturally.

This shows synapses and neurons imaged with the new method

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·January 13, 2022·6 min read

Next-Generation Tissue Expansion Method Improves Neural Imaging

Researchers have developed a new method that vastly improves the imaging of the structures of neural connections using standard confocal microscopes.

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·September 15, 2021·5 min read

New Microscopy Technique Reveals Activity of One Million Neurons Across the Mouse Brain

A new technique dubbed light beads microscopy allowed researchers to generate a vivid functional movie of the near-simultaneous activity of almost a million neurons in the mouse brain.

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·August 30, 2021·5 min read

New Microscopy Technique Reveals Activity of One Million Neurons Across the Mouse Brain

A new microscopy technique allows researchers to capture detailed images of the activity of vast amounts of neurons across different depths in the brain at high speed and clarity.

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·August 28, 2021·4 min read

First Atomic-Level Imaging of Lethal Prions Provide Sharpened Focus for Potential Treatments

Cryogenic-electron microscopy allowed researchers to determine the basic building blocks of prion proteins, including the placements of their amino acids.

This shows two different images of a mouse brain. One is colored by the DOLI method

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·May 27, 2021·4 min read

A Deep Dive Into the Brain

Diffuse optical localization imaging (DOLI) is a newly developed fluorescence microscopy technique that allows for high-resolution imaging of microcirculation in a non-invasive manner.

This shows images of the developing brain

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·February 24, 2021·4 min read

Capturing the Choreography of a Developing Brain

Combining microscopy with artificial intelligence, researchers were able to visualize the complex architecture of interconnected neurons in live C. elegans.

This shows neurons from a schizophrenia patient

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·February 23, 2021·5 min read

Seeing Schizophrenia: X-Rays Shed Light on Neural Differences

Neurons from brain tissue samples of people with schizophrenia showed greater deviation, both from neurons from samples of people without the condition and from others with schizophrenia. Researchers say the structure of the neurons is unique to each individual with schizophrenia.

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microscopy

Revealing the Entire Mouse Brain in Unprecedented Detail: Brain Images Just Got 64 Million Times Sharper

Wearable Microscopes Advance Spinal Cord Imaging in Mice

Mini2P Microscope Goes Global

How Psychedelics Light Up Brain’s Neuropathways

An Open-Source Miniature Brain Microscope

Next-Generation Tissue Expansion Method Improves Neural Imaging

New Microscopy Technique Reveals Activity of One Million Neurons Across the Mouse Brain

New Microscopy Technique Reveals Activity of One Million Neurons Across the Mouse Brain

First Atomic-Level Imaging of Lethal Prions Provide Sharpened Focus for Potential Treatments

A Deep Dive Into the Brain

Capturing the Choreography of a Developing Brain

Seeing Schizophrenia: X-Rays Shed Light on Neural Differences

Circadian Rhythm Off Beat: Parkinson’s and Nighttime Neuron Damage

ChatGPT’s Role in Shaping Identity and Personal Narratives

New Brain Structures in Language Processing Identified

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