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Brain maps at the nanoscale

Nature Biotechnology volume 37, pages 378–380 (2019)Cite this article

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Large brain tissue sections are imaged with nanoscale resolution using expansion and lattice light sheet microscopy.

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Fig. 1: Combination of expansion microscopy with lattice light sheet microscopy enables brain-wide imaging with nanoscale resolution.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

    Weijian Yang

  2. Neurotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Rafael Yuste

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Yang, W., Yuste, R. Brain maps at the nanoscale. Nat Biotechnol 37, 378–380 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0078-2

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