Introducing the PEEM microscope in brain research In a joint Chicago-Leiden project, Photoemission Electron Microscopy (PEEM) is introduced as a new tool for imaging brain tissue. In PEEM, the ...
The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...
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Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...
The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain is ...
Researchers developed a tiny, lightweight microscope that captures the electrical spikes of neurons at hundreds of frames per second in awake animals. WASHINGTON — Researchers have built a tiny, ...
Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a ...