Centre for Research in Neuroscience

Hippocampal section from a transgenic mouse expressing yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). (K. Murai)

Dividing precursor cells in the brain and eyes of the zebrafish embryo labeled with bromodeoxyuridine immunoflourescence (yellow). (J. McDearmid)

Gene gun transfected interneuron (EGFP-f) taken from an organotypic hippocampal slice. (K. Murai)

PAX2-containing interneurons (green) and newly developed axonal projections (red) in the hindbrain of the zebrafish embryo. (J. McDearmid)

Photoreceptor neurons connecting the eye to the brain in the developing visual system of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. (J. Yang)

Motor neurons innervating muscles of a developing fruit fly embryo. (D. van Meyel)

Mouse hippocampus labeled for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP; red) and a fluorescent nuclear dye (green). (K. Murai)

A growth cone at the axon tip of a neuron grown in culture. (S. Carbonetto)

Immunoflourescent image of neurogenin-containing spinal neurons (green) and newly developed axon tracts (red) in the spinal cord of the zebrafish embryo. (J. McDearmid)

Newly developing axonal projections in the zebrafish embryo stained with antibodies to acetylated tubulin. (J. McDearmid)

The ladder-like appearance of the major axon tracts of the central nervous system of a fruit fly embryo. (D. van Meyel)

Outgrowth of neurites from an explant culture of dorsal root ganglia neurons. (S. Carbonetto)