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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by bryan0 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:36PM (#28544039)
> A microfluidic device containing 300k networking neurons in 2 isolated populations. Both sides were treated with a unique virus and bridged by axons.

Any idea why they created such a device?

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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by twobitshifter on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:24PM (#28544566)
Not sure if this is the exact study but it’s probably what is going on. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2426917/
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Re:Nikon's 2021 Photomicrography Competition Winners by dandelany on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:29PM (#28544623)
Probably studying axonal transport, the ability of some neuroinvasive viruses to spread from one neuron to the next via the axon & its connection to other cells.
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