Visualizing Vision (VIDEO)

Picower Institute at MIT

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Two-photon imaging of a stretch of dendrite and its spines in the intact brain of a behaving mouse. A red fluorescent protein is used to visualize the structure of the dendrite, while calcium activity in individual spines is monitored with a green indicator. Branch-wide and spine-specific signals can be observed in response to visual stimuli.

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Sur, et. al.

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