Tissue optical clearing is a fundamental technique that enhances light penetration deep into biological samples by reducing light scattering through refractive index homogenization. This process ...

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Three-dimensional fluorescence imaging of neurons in Layer 5 of the cerebral cortex, captured by two-photon microscopy in mice expressing a fluorescent protein (Thy1-EYFP-H). SeeDB-Live clearing ...

Making a living brain transparent and watching its neurons fire without disturbing their function-sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? Yet the solution may already exist within our own bodies. In ...