Brilliant dye to probe the brain
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 06:00
in Biology & Nature
To obtain very-high-resolution 3D images of the cerebral vascular system, a dye is used that fluoresces in the near infrared and can pass through the skin. The Lem-PHEA chromophore, a new product outclassing the best dyes, has been synthesized by a team from the Laboratoire de Chimie. Conducted in collaboration with researchers from the Institut des Neurosciences and the Laboratoire Chimie et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, this work has been published online in the journal Chemical Science. It opens up significant prospects for better observing the brain and understanding how it works.