Snapshots in Neuroscience

A confocal image showing a neuron, likely a fusiform cell, at the dorsal cochlear nucleus of a coronal slice from a mouse
By SfN Staff
March 18, 2021

A confocal image showing a neuron, likely a fusiform cell, at the dorsal cochlear nucleus of a coronal slice from a mouse expressing CaMKIIα-ChR2-eYFP along its somatic membrane and dendrites.

Purkinje cell clusters in the mouse cerebellum at embryonic day 17.5
By SfN Staff
January 21, 2021

Purkinje cell clusters in the mouse cerebellum at embryonic day 17.5.

This image shows a section of postnatal day 7 mouse olfactory bulb in which plasmids encoding fluorescent proteins were introduced at embryonic day 11 with in utero electroporation.
By SfN Staff
December 23, 2020

This image shows a section of postnatal day 7 mouse olfactory bulb in which plasmids encoding fluorescent proteins were introduced at embryonic day 11 with in utero electroporation.

an interneuron migrating on a monolayer of cortical feeder cells in an in vitro co-culture assay
By SfN Staff
November 5, 2020

This image shows an interneuron migrating on a monolayer of cortical feeder cells in an in vitro co-culture assay.

an immunostained whole-mount preparation of a mouse cochlea
By SfN Staff
October 8, 2020

This image shows an immunostained whole-mount preparation of a mouse cochlea.

MAP2+ (magenta) neurites from cultured immature cortical neurons extending into a stripe of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs; green) treated with chondroitinase ABC (chABC), an enzyme that abolishes CSPGs
By SfN Staff
September 24, 2020

This image shows MAP2+ neurites from cultured immature cortical neurons extending into a stripe of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) treated with chondroitinase ABC, an enzyme that abolishes CSPGs

By SfN Staff
August 27, 2020

An image of blood vessels in a region of the parietal cortex of a mouse with laminin, pericytes, and cell nuclei visible.

Image of neurons responding to medicinal and abused opioids in the mouse brain
By SfN Staff
July 23, 2020

Neurons responding to medicinal and abused opioids are visualized for the first time in the mouse brain.

Heterogeneity of neuronal cell bodies of sensory nerves within the vagal ganglia.
By SfN Staff
June 25, 2020

Heterogeneity of neuronal cell bodies of sensory nerves within the vagal ganglia.

motor neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord of an ALS mouse model
By SfN Staff
April 30, 2020

Motor Neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord of an ALS mouse model.