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Brain imaging turned inside out

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Neural connectivity in brain tissue is imaged by labeling the extracellular space.

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Fig. 1: Concept and workflow of CATS.

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  2. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany

    Thomas Misgeld

  3. Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany

    Thomas Misgeld

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