Nerves under the microscope: Incredible images reveal exactly what happens when we touch something. New technique allows researchers to label nerves in living mice ...

Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells are connected to which other nerve cells would considerably help us to understand ...

Especially intersections of nerve bundles were difficult to identify till now. ... "But you cannot, of course, dissect a live patient into slices for under a microscope," the professor smiles.

Metastasizing cancer cells do not destroy tissue, but crawl along the paths that have already been created by blood vessels, nerve bundles and other tissues. However, immune cells that fight the ...