Borrowing genes from bacteria, coral and jellyfish, scientists have set mice brains aglow in a bold panoply of colors, revealing the intricate highways and byways of neuronal connections. The ...

Harvard neurobiologist Jeff Lichtman isn’t being humble when he suggests that he knows almost nothing about the brain. He and the team at his eponymous lab are using the most powerful microscope on ...

This method, which the scientists have dubbed 'brainbow,' could help shed light on brain function in a way that traditional staining methods don't allow. Jeff Lichtman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of ...

Brainbow is a powerful genetic tool for multicolor labeling in mice with applications in fields including developmental biology and neuroanatomy. Now two groups have ported the approach to the fruit ...

Neuroscientists know that some connections in the brain are pruned through neural development. Function gives rise to structure, according to the textbooks. But scientists at the Virginia Tech ...

Image of the Day: Flashy Fluorescent Fish Neurons in a larval zebrafish are distinguished using the Brainbow method, in which different ratios of a handful of colored fluorescent proteins are ...

This is a fruit fly brain labeled in different colors using the Brainbow method that allows researchers to distinguish one neuron from another. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...