Kaj,

As your essay talks a bit about brain imaging, I thought I might mention
to you one of the cool relatively new techniques being used in this area.
What they do is to label neurons with a calcium sensitive indicator in vivo
and then watch with two-photon microscopy for fluorescence as individual
neurons fire.  This allows, for example, to measure the prefered direction
of individual neurons in striate cortex:

Ohki, Chung, Ch'ng, Kara and Reid.  Functional imaging with cellular
resolution
reveals precise micro-architecture in visual cortex.  Nature 433, 597-603
(10 February 2005).

Cheers
Shane

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