Imaging dendritic spines (IMAGE)

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Imaging dendritic spines

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Researchers developed a 3D-2PE-STED system that can image dendritic spines deep inside the brain of a living mouse. Their system showed subtle changes that occurred between day 1 and 3 (left images). These changes are hard to distinguish using two-photon microscopy alone (right).

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Joerg Bewersdorf, Yale School of Medicine

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