A Glimpse Into the Central Nervous System Wins the 13th Annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. today unveiled the winners of the 13th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition. This year's first place prize was awarded to Dr. Alexandre Dumoulin for his 48-hour time-lapse video of developing neurons connecting to the opposite side of the central nervous system in a chick embryo. Developed at the University of Zurich, Dumoulin's video plays a significant role in understanding the potential deviations in neurodevelopmental disorders that occur in the central nervous system, such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.
- With the potential to better understand neurodevelopmental disorders, this year's Nikon Small World in Motion winning video has universal applications
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. today unveiled the winners of the 13th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition . - They are connected with long extensions known as axons and these axons traverse the nervous system before eventually forming synapses.
- Dumoulin's video showcases these lengthy axons projecting across the midline, which serves as a boundary between the two hemispheres of the central nervous system.
- He went on to say, "The nervous system is an immensely complex and intricate system composed of a myriad of units that are connected to one another.