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New views into the brain of mice on the move

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A portable fiber-optic epifluorescence microscope allows real-time imaging of brain function with cellular spatial resolution in freely moving mice.

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Figure 1: High-resolution fiber-optic imaging in the brain of mobile mice.

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  1. Fritjof Helmchen is at the Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland.,

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Helmchen, F., Petersen, C. New views into the brain of mice on the move. Nat Methods 5, 925–926 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1108-925

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