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...technique—called two-photon calcium imaging in vivo—was applied to the part of the brain where neural input from the eye is translated into images we see. When the animals, cats, and rats were subjected to visual stimuli of moving black and white stripes, the technique recorded images of hundreds of nerve cells firing simultaneously...
...allows you to see a complete circuit [of nerve cells] for the first time in its entirety,” said Reid, who is also a professor at HMS. “It gives you an immediate bird’s eye view of what the brain is doing, neuron by neuron...
Though it has only been applied to the part of the animal brain that deals with vision, the technique is expected to be extended to other uses in the next two years, according to research fellow Kenichi Ohki, the primary developer of the project methods...
...principle we can apply this technique for all the brain functions...such as auditory, olfactory, and [body sensation] function,” Okhi wrote in an e-mail...
...technique, which generates high resolution pictures, has also revealed surprising precision of brain cell organization in the visual cortex of cats...