Seeing Neuronal Activity Simultaneously in Three Dimensions

[neuronline_admin]

Traditional microscopy techniques are limiting in that most only reflect two dimensions of a three-dimensional biological system. Optical imaging, such as two-photon microscopy to measure voltage-sensitive or calcium-sensitive dyes, is minimally invasive and has the resolution to study the individual cells that make up large neuronal networks. However, images from these experiments are captured in two dimensions; to collect data spanning a chunk of tissue, sequential images are scanned one at a time, losing any activity that occurs at the same time in different planes.

Link back to full article

[shyam]

I would like to join your group and explore the use of your techniques to work on neural stem cell transplantation in rat TBI