Thursday 11 April 2013

See through brains!

Wow, what will they think of next!
A team of Neuroscientists at Stanford University have created a new technique to visualise biological systems. They have found a way to "dissolve" the fatty membranes that surround each brain cell to create See through brains.
The 3D video that accompanies this weblink is extraodinary. People ask why I love Neuroscience, this is why :) These kind of powerful techniques allow us to gain a better understanding of how the cells of the brain develop, are interconnected and allow transmission of neural communication.
Amazing.


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