Monday 28 July 2014

Watch 80,000 Neurons Fire in the Brain of a Fish

In a new study, scientists tracked the activity of 80 percent of the neurons in the brain of a baby zebrafish as the animal as the animal responds to what it sees. The scientists who made it say their new technique, called light-sheet imaging, will allow them to study the neural mechanisms of behavior in unprecedented detail.

















from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/3cef365b/sc/32/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C0A70Cneuron0Ezebrafish0Emovie0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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