Making detailed maps of the brain requires charting its activity and wiring ... Still, challenges remain. As with any kind of super resolution fluorescence microscopy, Betzig says, it can be hard to ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Zhu Shujia from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

Key cells in the brain, neurons, form networks by exchanging signals, enabling the brain to learn and adapt at incredible ...

Keeping your brain in tip-top shape is important (obviously). Your brain is responsible for helping you make good decisions, maintain a positive mood, remember your to-do list, reminisce on ...

Chinese researchers have developed a microscopy technique to take imagery of neurons in animals that are awake, a method they say allowed them to capture the rapidly changing dynamics in the ...