In Photos: Inside a Fruit Fly's Brain

By Live Science Staff
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The brain exposed

mouse laser surgery, brain surgery

(Image credit: Supriyo Sinha.)

A tungsten electrode that was 100 microns at its base could be inserted several millimeters into the hole in the mouse cranium, illustrating complete removal of the bone. Scale bar is 500 microns.

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