By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in 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.

Forget the traditional tubular shape—researchers are investigating a pearl-on-a-string formation for axons, unlocking new ...

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 ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller ...

Cryo-electron microscopy structures of native type A GABA receptors from human brain reveal diverse subunit compositions, protein binding partners and binding sites for antiepileptic drugs.

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

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 ...