FeaturedNeuroscience·October 13, 2020·4 min readA New Approach to Analyzing the Morphology of Dendritic SpinesA clusterization approach allows researchers to analyze dendritic spines in new ways.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 19, 2020·3 min readObserving the freely behaving brain in actionA newly developed head-mounted miniature microscope can capture images of all cortical layers of a freely moving rat.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·May 4, 2020·3 min readImaging technology allows visualization of nanoscale structures inside whole cellsNew microscopy technology images the position of biomolecules with precision down to a few nanometers inside whole cells and tissues.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 16, 2020·2 min readInsight into the synapsesThe direct contact of mGluR4 receptors with other key proteins plays a significant role in the regulation of synaptic activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 21, 2020·7 min readHigh-speed microscope captures fleeting brain signalsCombining two-photon fluorescent microscopy and all-optical laser scanning, researchers can image the brain of an alert mouse 1,000 times a second, recording the passage of millisecond electrical pulses through neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 18, 2020·4 min readBall-and-chain inactivation of ion channels visualized by cryo-electron microscopyIon channels use a "ball-and-chain" mechanism to help regulate ion flow. Findings confirm a long-standing hypothesis about ion channels and provide key advances in understanding the basic biological processes at work.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 12, 2020·4 min readUsing machine learning to analyze whole brain vasculatureCombining advance microscopy techniques and artificial intelligence, researchers reconstruct the entire vascular network of a mouse brain down to its finest details.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 12, 2020·3 min readMathematical rules underpinning brain growth discoveredCombining advanced microscopy and mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered a pattern that governs the growth of neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 27, 2020·3 min readNew look at odd holes involved in taste, Alzheimer’s, and asthmaMicroscopy study sheds light on the function of two calcium homeostasis modulators.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 29, 2019·5 min readTechnique can image individual proteins within synapsesA new rapid imaging technique allows researchers to view synaptic proteins at high resolution.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 16, 2019·3 min readNew microscopes unravel the mysteries of brain organizationmesoSPIM, a newly developed microscope, can image brain tissue down to individual neurons five times thinner than a human hair.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 1, 2019·3 min readSuper-resolution microscopy sheds light on how dementia protein becomes dysfunctionalA microscopy study revealed tau controls Fyn clustering in dendrites. The findings shed new light on how certain forms of dementia may occur.Read More
