Nerve Synapses for Alzheimer's Observation

The brain up close: Radical microscope reveals nerve synapses firing in breakthrough that could shed light on Alzheimer's and depression

• The closest image yet of working nerve synapses has been captured
• Until now, close-up views of neuron synapses require the cells to be dead
• But the researchers built a custom-built microscope with a sensitive camera to analyze living, working neurons up close
• Studying synapses could help researchers undertsand how diseases such as depression and Alzheimer's affect the brain

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