Mouse neurons
A new kind of microscope reveals the delicate tracery of a mouse’s neurons.
The neurons of a genetically modified mouse. Each bright spot represents a neuron.
Vaibhav Joshi / Harvard University
The image above was taken with a newly developed microscope for optogenetics, that can image a large area and stimulate multiple neurons to flash on and off simultaneously.
The microscope is described in a paper in Biomedical Optics Express.
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