The neuron network in an experimental set-up

Abstract
The ability to trace quantitatively and in real time the dynamics of intracellular messenger systems in single cells or networks has become a new tool in brain research. As an example, the detection of intracellular processes in dynamic mode involving video microscopy and the fluorescent intracellular marker FURA-2 to measure calcium is described. The complexity of the information processing capacity of the brain is addressed, and the analogy to in-vitro neuron networks is described.