Because of recent advances in genetic engineering techniques, activities of specific nerve cells can be optically measured and manipulated under a microscope. However, it is still challenging to ...

the distance between two nerve cells or a nerve and muscle cell is only 10 to 50 nanometers, which is too small for conventional microscopes. Simply put, the new microscope can capture even the ...

The synaptic cleft, meaning the distance between two nerve cells or between a nerve cell and a muscle cell, is just 10 to 50 nanometers—too small for conventional microscopes.

The microscope is one of the most iconic symbols of science ... Inhibitory interneurons in mouse brain tissue. The cells are genetically engineered to produce green fluorescent protein (GFP). Credit: ...

The STED microscope used to obtain data for both ... the contact points between nerve cells, enabling nerve signals to pass between cells. Their contents are released at the synapse when the ...

The wiring of one insect’s brain no longer contains much uncharted territory. All of the nerve cells — and virtually every connection between them — in a larval fruit fly brain have now been ...

Researchers are developing promising suppression systems for painful conditions—even an app on your phone that turns the pain ...

Downloadable microscope image of the location in the brain of a mouse where nerve cells from the ear enter the brain and form cup-like synaptic connections with brain cells In mice whose ears were ...

Stem cells could, for example, replace nerve cells after a stroke ... development of such stem cells in tissue sections under the microscope, not in living animals. Thus, it was only possible ...

Cells are studied with light microscopes and other instruments ... how we think and how nerve cells respond to drugs. What's your favorite part about biology? My favorite part of biology is ...

What does the inside of a cell really look like? In the past, standard microscopes were limited in how well they could answer this question. Now, researchers from the Universities of Göttingen ...

Glimpse into the nanoworld: Microscope reveals tiniest cell processes. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240807225708.htm ...