Figure: Image from an electron micrograph through a single section plane illustrating spiny dendrites (yellow), nonspiny dendrites (orange), excitatory axons (green), excitatory synapses (red), astroglia (light blue), microglia (dark brown). Kristen Harris

News
08/01/2017

Neuroscientist Receives Grant to Advance Understanding of Brain Structure

BY:UT News (University of Texas at Austin)

Summary: Kristen Harris receives NSF BRAIN grant to design a new electron microscope that can map in detail the structure of neuronal synapses, the tiny points of contact between neurons throughout the brain.

Link to another website: https://news.utexas.edu/2017/08/01/new-grant-for-understanding-brain-structure