New approach reveals structure and function of individual synapses (IMAGE)

Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

New approach reveals structure and function of individual synapses

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Multiphoton imaging in vivo provides measures of synaptic activity and function (left), while electron microscopy (right) performed on the same neuron provides structural information at the nanometer scale

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Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

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