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Image of the Day: Brain Map
Scientists traced 1,000 neurons through the mouse brain, uncovering new details about how the organ is wired.
Image of the Day: Brain Map
Image of the Day: Brain Map

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

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

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Fluorescently labeled neuron cell bodies in blue in the center compartment of a three-compartment microfluidic chamber grow through tiny grooves to enter the left and the right chambers, where they extend axons fibers, also shown in blue.
Visualizing Axon Pruning
Tiffany Garbutt, PhD | Oct 2, 2023 | 2 min read
During development, neurons trim hundreds of excess axons in an intricately coordinated destructive process.
Image of the Day: Neuron Guides
Carolyn Wilke | Mar 27, 2019 | 1 min read
A gene helps motor neurons successfully venture out from the spinal cord to muscles during mouse development.
Barcoding the Connectome
The Scientist Staff | Nov 10, 2016 | 1 min read
Watch how researchers use RNA to track where neurons' axons end in the mouse brain.
White’s the Matter
Kelly Rae Chi | Nov 1, 2014 | 8 min read
A basic guide to white matter imaging using diffusion MRI
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