Leiden researchers can now visualize the connections between brain cells. Their microscopy technique could significantly advance the human quest to understand brain functions. The study is published ...

BigBrain, a 3D digital reconstruction of a human brain, provides a first-ever high resolution view of the inner workings of the human brain that could lead to better understanding of how we think, ...

A 3D model accurately mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by research teams led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Departments of ...

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is formed by the endothelial cells lining the cerebral microvasculature and tightly regulates passage of molecules from the blood into the brain. While necessary to help ...

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MIT engineers have developed a tissue model that mimics beta-amyloid’s effects on the blood-brain barrier. Beta-amyloid plaques—the protein aggregates that form in the brains of Alzheimer’s ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed and tested a new 3D surface scanning approach that gives neurosurgeons even greater ...

Yu Song (left) and Ting Zhang (right) from Tsinghua University are using 3D cell printing to engineer brain-like tissue constructs. (Courtesy: Biomanufacturing and Rapid Forming Technology Key ...

Digital imaging, virtual reality and 3D modeling have improved in the past decade but most designers and decision-makers are still unprepared to approve new designs without physical models. It's ...

An interview with Dr Grischa Chandy, conducted at SfN 2018 by Alina Shrourou, BSc. How can 3D imaging and analysis improve our understanding of the brain? The ability to acquire and analyze 3D ...

A 3D wiring diagram, the largest of its kind, containing hundreds of thousands of cells and nearly half a billion connections of a mouse brain has been created by researchers at Baylor College of ...