Hippocampal Neurons Expressing Yellow Fluorescent Protein

Hippocampal Neurons Expressing Yellow Fluorescent Protein

Submitted by Eitan Kaplan of the Bear Lab at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Eitan Kaplan
Bear Lab, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Confocal Micrograph 

"This image shows hippocampal neurons expressing yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) due to Adeno-associated virus (AAV) infection. The Neurons expressing YFP could be imaged in a live mouse brain over several days to appreciate the structural plasticity that occurs as a result of experience."

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