Tasting light
Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light.
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MIT team enlarges brain samples, making them easier to image
New technique enables nanoscale-resolution microscopy of large biological specimens.
Flythrough animation of the mouse brain
30-second flythrough of image data collected from the mouse brain using expansion microscopy (ExM) technique.
Translational Neuroscience Seminar Series
Seminar: Expansion Microscopy
In one aspect of vision, computers catch up to primate brain
Newest computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain.
New way to turn genes on
Technique allows rapid, large-scale studies of gene function
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From genes to brains
Many brain disorders are strongly influenced by genetics, and researchers have long hoped that the identification of genetic risk factors will provide clues to the causes and possible treatments of these mysterious conditions. In the early years, progress was slow. Many claims failed to replicate, and it became clear that in order to identify the […]