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Published online 31 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.209
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Colours light up brain structure
Neuronal circuits can now be seen in a multicolour 'brainbow'.
It's not often that research results look this good. An elegant new way to visualize individual brain cells not only provides a major boost to scientists trying to understand how the brain works, but has also won one of its developers a major prize in science photography.
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it's amazing!
Don't believe it. Obviously just a pigment of the imagination.
hehe pretty stuff. though i wonder if it might produce side effects
It's wonderful! but seems to be very difficult to use it in the human brain .
finally open up the doors for various brain related diseases, very impressive work
I am very interested to see how it shows scenes as TV does, or just shows the co-work between neurons for convenient observation
It's interesting.In Few years, we can see our brain's structure......