Video: Microscopy technique reveals whole fish brain

A new microscopy technique, published in the May issue of Nature Methods, can show the activity of more than 80 percent of the brain’s neurons at one time.

By Jessica Wright
22 May 2013 | 1 min read

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A new microscopy technique, published in the May issue of Nature Methods, can show the activity of more than 80 percent of the brain’s neurons at one time.

References:

  1. Ahrens M.B. et al. Nat. Methods 10, 413-420 (2013) PubMed
  2. Ahrens M.B. et al. Nature 485, 471-477 (2012) PubMed

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