Monday October 06, 2008
Mini microscope captures live brain-cell action
Colin Barras
NewScientist
A microscope small enough to be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse makes it possible to watch brain cell activity and whole animal behaviour simultaneously in mice. The device offers researchers a new way to study of human diseases using transgenic mice.
Since researchers created the first transgenic mice in the 1980s, the mouse has become the lab animal of choice for medical research. There are now mouse "models" for a wide range of human genetic disorders, from Parkinson's to asthma.
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