New imaging method reveals stunning details of brain connections

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, applying a state-of-the-art imaging system to brain-tissue samples from mice, have been able to quickly and accurately locate and count the myriad connections between nerve cells in unprecedented detail, as well as to capture and catalog those connections' surprising variety.

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