Day: 3. March 2018

Tokyo University and RIKEN present atlas of mouse brain with 1 cell resolution

The research group of Yasutaka UEDA identiied a reagent capable of simultaneous tissue swelling and rendering it transparent. When sheets of brains were analyzed by fluorescence microscopy, a complete atlas of a mouse brain could be displayed as a sort of pointillist painting. Two compounds were used: imidazole (tissue swelling agent) and antipyrine (tissue swelling […]

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