(Medical Xpress)—The breakthrough technique that allowed scientists to obtain one-of-a-kind, colorful images of the myriad connections in the brain and nervous system is about to get a significant ...

Harvard neurobiologist Jeff Lichtman isn’t being humble when he suggests that he knows almost nothing about the brain. He and the team at his eponymous lab are using the most powerful microscope on ...

Borrowing genes from bacteria, coral and jellyfish, scientists have set mice brains aglow in a bold panoply of colors, revealing the intricate highways and byways of neuronal connections. The ...

This method, which the scientists have dubbed 'brainbow,' could help shed light on brain function in a way that traditional staining methods don't allow. Jeff Lichtman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of ...

This is a fruit fly brain labeled in different colors using the Brainbow method that allows researchers to distinguish one neuron from another. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Neuroscientists know that some connections in the brain are pruned through neural development. Function gives rise to structure, according to the textbooks. But scientists at the Virginia Tech ...

Rainbows present the eye with a color splash. Brainbow, a molecular technique developed by a Harvard University team including neurobiologist Joshua Sanes, visually labels neurons in pointillistic ...