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      Beautiful Minds: Imaging Cells of the Nervous System [Slide Show]

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      Beautiful Minds: Imaging Cells of the Nervous System [Slide Show]
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      Credits: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, 2004

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      • Dots and Stripes This image, taken from a "Brainbow" mouse, zooms in on an area of the neocortex to reveal a horizontally layered organization (the pattern of light and dark in the background that suggests anatomical distinctions)... Tamily Weissman, Jeff Lichtman, and Joshua Sanes (2007)
      • Memories in Color This photomicrograph shows a cross-section of a mouse hippocampus, an area of the brain critical for learning and memory. It is nestled just below the neocortex, which is shown in the upper half of the image... Tamily Weissman, Jeff Lichtman, and Joshua Sanes (2005)
      • Brain Stains: Not only can scientists now see individual neurons inside the brain, but another technique, called immunohistochemistry , allows them to observe proteins inside those neurons. Immunohistochemistry, aka antibody staining, relies on the capacity of antibodies to bind to specific molecules... Tamily Weissman, Jeff Lichtman, and Joshua Sanes (2005)
      • Motor Neuron Superhighway: In 2007 Jean Livet, Joshua Sanes and Jeff Lichtman at Harvard University developed "Brainbow," a molecular technique that tags neurons with a multitude of bright colors, allowing scientists to distinguish an individual neuron from its nearest neighbors... Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman (2004)
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      • Dog Brain: Italian physician and scientist Camillo Golgi made this drawing of a dog's olfactory bulb in 1875 based on a staining method he developed. The application of the Golgi method to the study of nervous tissue marks the beginning of modern neuroscience... Ryan Draft, Jeff Lichtman and Joshua Sanes (2007)
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