SCAPE of Freely Moving Fruit Fly Larvae (1 of 2) (VIDEO)

The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University

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High-speed SCAPE microscopy was used to capture the activity of proprioceptive neurons inside a freely moving fruit fly larvae. By creating 3D, live action images of nerve cells in larvae as the animals crawled, SCAPE allowed the researchers to see exactly how those cells along the body wall reported movements back to the brain.

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Wenze Li and Rebecca Vaadia/ Hillman and Grueber labs/ Columbia's Zuckerman Institute

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