According to them, the high-resolution fluorescence microscope can reveal even the tiniest of cell processes, and it promises to offer much richer information.

A microscope small enough to be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse makes it possible to watch brain cell activity and whole animal behaviour simultaneously in mice. The device offers ...

Then, they identified all synapses between the two nerve cells under the electron microscope. They correlated the size of these synapses with the synaptic impulses they had measured previously.

Researchers have built a nerve cell “connectivity map” of a larval fruit fly brain. It’s the most complex whole brain wiring diagram yet made.

Ten longest neurites were measured from each retinal strip and their average length was used as an indicator of growth potential of each retinal strip cultured under different conditions.

Understanding when and how neurons die is an important part of research on neurodegenerative diseases like Lou Gehrig’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.