Combining a plaque-binding fluorescent dye with flat and tapered optical fibers enables depth-resolved monitoring across brain regions during natural behavior, offering a minimally invasive way to study disease progression and therapeutic effects in real (IMAGE)

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Combining a plaque-binding fluorescent dye with flat and tapered optical fibers enables depth-resolved monitoring across brain regions during natural behavior, offering a minimally invasive way to study disease progression and therapeutic effects in real

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Combining a plaque-binding fluorescent dye with flat and tapered optical fibers enables depth-resolved monitoring across brain regions during natural behavior, offering a minimally invasive way to study disease progression and therapeutic effects in real time. 

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S. Sakata (University of Strathclyde); top-left image created in BioRender.

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