Neurotech 1: Multi-Photon Microscopy

Explore MIT Neurotech at http://neurotech.eyewire.org How do we see neurons, the brain’s principal functional units? Discover new views made possible by Multi-photon microscopy. Part 1 of 12 featuring MIT Professors Elly Nedivi and Peter So. Questions? Contact mitneurotech at mit dot edu. We graciously thank the following researchers and videographers for providing beautiful footage: (in order of appearance) 3D reconstruction of neurons in the somatosensory cortex, Davies Lab:    • 3D reconstruction of the H-Line YFP mouse   Glass Brain, Gazzaley Lab, UCSF:    • Glass brain flythrough - Gazzaleylab / SCC...   Deep Brain imaging in the somatosensory cortex from Thor Labs, courtesy of Dr. Hajime Hirase and Katsuya Ozawa :    • Deep Brain Imaging - Thorlabs Multiphoton ...   Monitoring blood profusion from Thor Labs,courtesy of Dr. Simon Rhodes:    • Intravital Imaging - Thorlabs Multiphoton ...   Imaging microglia by Dr Eyo at Wu Lab, Rutgers:    • Video   Neurons in the Dendrate Gyrus by Drew Berry for the Whole Brain Catalog:    • The Whole Brain Catalog (http://wholebrain...   Inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus:    • Two-photon imaging of inhibitory interneur...   Embryonic development of a Zebrafish by Leica Microsystems:    • In vivo imaging with multiphoton microscop...   Growth of hippocampal neurons, Fraser Lab at Caltech:    • 1st 2-Photon time lapse of neurons connecting   Neurons in the cortex by Zeiss:    • ZEISS LSM 710 & 780 NLO - Brain tissue   Film and Video by Luke Hollyer Music by Julian Samal MIT Neurotech Logo by Beth Almeida Animation by Brad Paivia Produced by Maxine Jonas, Claire O’Connell and Amy Robinson MIT Neurotech is a series based on a class created by Alan Jasanoff, Ed Boyden and Maxine Jonas at MIT's Center for Neurobiological Engineering (http://web.mit.edu/cnbe/). This EdX experiment is supported by MITx (https://www.edx.org/school/mitx/allco.... Media created by EyeWire (http://eyewire.org/).