Scientists reveal the brain emits faint light that reflects mental activity, opening a new path for non-invasive brain ...

Until today, skin, brain, and all tissues of the human body were difficult to observe in detail with an optical microscope, ...

The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain is central to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like ...

Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new microscope to capture high-speed images of brain cell activity with less harm to brain tissue. ... significantly. Also, because it only images neurons of ...

As an alternative, MIT researchers have developed a single-step technique for expanding tissue before imaging it, making it possible achieve nanoscale resolution with a conventional light microscope.

Microscope system sharpens scientists' view of neural circuit connections Date: June 4, 2024 ... works by scanning brain tissue with lines of light in perpendicular directions.

Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the dynamic regulation of cerebral blood flow in response to neural activity. Specifically, ...

The new microscope offers a number of benefits over the existing brain-imaging technologies, including greater sensitivity, safety, storage size of images and power usage. Specifically, the new system ...

This microscope photo provided by the McLean Hospital’s Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center in January 2024 shows cells in the caudate nucleus structure of the brain in a person with Huntington ...

Researchers previously relied on costly, super-high-resolution microscopes to image nanoscale structures in cells and brain tissue, and, even with the most advanced technology, they often ...

Researchers have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope that captures high-speed images of neural activity at cellular resolution. By imaging much faster and with less harm to brain ...