Researchers at the University of Göttingen in Germany captured real-time images of mice brains during learning activities.  There is so much more to the article, including information on the absence of certain proteins that point to brain plasticity, but honestly, the images in the articles are simply phenomenal. How often does one see a brain when it is learning?

Read the Neuroscience News summary of the article here. The summary shows images taken from the article and enlarged to show the changes.

Read the actual article here. It includes still more images.

Enjoy! It’s pretty amazing.