By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a ...

Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

Improving the way scientists can see the microscopic structures of the brain can improve ... smallest parts of cells, scientists often use a technique called electron microscopy.

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and ...

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate with each other.

For instance, researchers can use high resolution electron microscopy to take a snapshot through a thin cross-section or slice of a cell. In this way, they can see the structural detail and key ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes ...

Cancer cells splitting. A blood clot. And human sperm cells on the surface of an egg. But what about a transmission electron microscope? The difference with a transmission electron microscope is ...

The Electron Microscopy shared resource offers techniques that allow researchers to resolve structures from cellular ultrastructure all the way down to molecular interactions. Our expertise in EM ...