Looking at neurones from all sides
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:47
in Physics & Chemistry
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 three-dimensional view of neurones 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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