Looking At Neurons From All Sides

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sat, 04/26/2008 - 23:00

A new technique that marries a fast-moving laser beam with a special microscope that look at tissues in different optical planes will enable scientists to get a 3-D view of neurons or nerve cells as they interact, said Baylor College of Medicine scientists in a report that appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience.


 

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