| Title | Brain Research Prize Awarded for Microscopy Achievements | |
| Date | Wednesday March 11 2015, @05:51AM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
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| from the God-of-Small-Things dept. | ||
Winfried Denk, Arthur Konnerth, Karel Svoboda and David Tank win The Brain Prize. ( http://www.thebrainprize.org/flx/prize_winners/ )
The scientists will share the 1 million Euro prize, to be presented on May 7 in Copenhagen by Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, for their invention and development of two-photon microscopy, a transformative tool in brain research.
Two-photon microscopy has dramatically changed the way we study the brain. It combines advanced techniques from physics and biology to allow scientists to examine the finest structures of the brain in real time. Using this revolutionary technology, researchers are now able to examine the function of individual nerve cells with high precision, especially how nerve cells communicate with each other in networks. This is a huge step forward in the understanding of the physical mechanisms of the human brain and how the brain's networks process information. In addition, researchers have been able to follow how connections between nerve cells are established in the developing brain. It has led to the identification of signaling pathways that control communication between nerve cells and provide the basis for memory, and it has enabled the study of nerve cell activity in the networks that control vision, hearing and movement.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/sf-wda030615.php
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