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LICHTMAN AT WORK: EYES WIDE OPEN

Jeff Lichtman Double-wide color monitors glow in the darkened room like fish tanks at the New England Aquarium. Each paired screen is attached to a highly automated, computer-controlled…

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AXON BRANCH REMOVAL AT DEVELOPING SYNAPSES BY AXOSOME SHEDDING

View Movies and Figures A 360° view of a segregated neuromuscular junction (muscle surface is shown in red). The animation provides a closeup of the green bulb-tipped axon…

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SANES AND LICHTMAN BRING UNIQUE SYNERGISM TO MCB AND TO CENTER FOR BRAIN SCIENCE

Josh Sanes Jeff Lichtman GALLERY(click on image to see large version) The synapse is where the magic happens. Information zaps across the synapse from one neuron to the…

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