imaging, neuroscience

A whole-body immunostaining method allowed researchers to achieve cellular resolution at the whole-organism level.

For the first time, a team visualizes sensory nerves projecting into adipose tissue in mice and finds these neuronal cells may counteract the local effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

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A new technique reveals cells’ precise locations and functions in the brain. Its developers have already used it to identify a previously unknown neuron type.

A new methodology combines existing techniques to reveal the specific function and location of multiple types of neurons at once.

New methods of visualizing tissue are presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Researchers are developing a variety of approaches for clearing neural tissue to get a better view of the brain’s circuitry.

Scientists traced 1,000 neurons through the mouse brain, uncovering new details about how the organ is wired.

A newly developed imaging technology visualizes entire mouse brains in two and three dimensions using multicolor fluorescence microscopy.

Researchers flipped light-sensitive proteins upside down for a new twist on optogenetics.

Immune cells travel through these passageways to get to injured tissue quickly, researchers say.

Researchers have constructed the first neuroanatomy atlas of a female mosquito’s brain.

Researchers engineered a system for bioluminescent imaging that is as much as 1,000 times stronger than existing methods.

Researchers have succeeded in mapping the complex paths of 300 neurons in the mouse brain.

In children’s brain scans, scientists uncovered signs of multiple sclerosis before the kids showed any symptoms of the disease.