Neurotech 1: Multi-Photon Microscopy

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How do we see neurons, the brain’s principal functional units? Discover new views made possible by Multi-photon microscopy.

Part 1 of 12 featuring MIT Professors Elly Nedivi and Peter So.

Questions? Contact mitneurotech at mit dot edu.

We graciously thank the following researchers and videographers for providing beautiful footage: (in order of appearance)

3D reconstruction of neurons in the somatosensory cortex, Davies Lab:    • 3D reconstruction of the H-Line YFP mouse  

Glass Brain, Gazzaley Lab, UCSF:    • Glass brain flythrough - Gazzaleylab / SCC...  

Deep Brain imaging in the somatosensory cortex from Thor Labs, courtesy of Dr. Hajime Hirase and Katsuya Ozawa
:    • Deep Brain Imaging - Thorlabs Multiphoton ...  

Monitoring blood profusion from Thor Labs,courtesy of Dr. Simon Rhodes:
   • Intravital Imaging - Thorlabs Multiphoton ...  

Imaging microglia by Dr Eyo at Wu Lab, Rutgers:    • Видео  

Neurons in the Dendrate Gyrus by Drew Berry for the Whole Brain Catalog:    • The Whole Brain Catalog (http://wholebrain...  

Inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus:    • Two-photon imaging of inhibitory interneur...  

Embryonic development of a Zebrafish by Leica Microsystems:    • In vivo imaging with multiphoton microscop...  

Growth of hippocampal neurons, Fraser Lab at Caltech:    • 1st 2-Photon time lapse of neurons connecting  

Neurons in the cortex by Zeiss:    • ZEISS LSM 710 & 780 NLO - Brain tissue  


Film and Video by Luke Hollyer

Music by Julian Samal

MIT Neurotech Logo by Beth Almeida

Animation by Brad Paivia

Produced by Maxine Jonas, Claire O’Connell and Amy Robinson


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