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VIDEO: Researchers at the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering used a unique mini-microscope device to image complex brain activity of mice that show multiple areas of the brain. view more
Credit: Rynes and Surinach, et al., Kodandaramaiah Lab, University of Minnesota
Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and Medical School have developed a unique head-mounted mini-microscope device that allows them to image complex brain functions of freely moving mice in real time over a period of more than 300 days.
The device, known as the mini-MScope, offers an important new tool for studying how neural activity from multiple regions of the outer part of the brain, called the cortex, contribute to behavior, cognition and perception. The groundbreaking study provides new insight into fundamental research that could improve human brain conditions such as concussions, autism, Alzheimer s, and Pa