Thursday, 11 April 2013

See-through brain lets scientists spot the connections

Stanford researchers discover a way to make the brain completely transparent so they can study its structure without the need for slicing. (Credit: Karl Deisseroth and Kwanghun Chung) Studying the brain can be a tricky business. The interesting stuff, such as neurons and how they communicate, is obscured by things like fatty tissue.
crawled from : Cnet

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