Feb. 22, 2010

Perspectives of Superresolution in Neurobiology

Fully understanding the functionality and the complexity of the human central nervous system remains as one of the major open questions in modern science. The Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a widely used and acknowledged model for the analysis of synapse structure and assembly. When considering the size of a Drosophila NMJ synapse of about 500 nm in diameter it appears logical that in order to visualize its spatial architecture the resolution of image acquisition methods needs to be accordingly high. more