Brain at Work (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Brain at Work

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Neurons within a three-dimensional section of mouse brain, in a movement-planning region, light up as they signal to one another. The neurons were genetically altered to fluoresce upon taking in calcium ions, which happens when neurons are active.

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Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University/Nature Methods

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