(Nikon Instruments: Melville, NY) -- Nikon Instruments Inc., innovator of advanced optical instruments, has introduced the C2 Confocal Laser Point Scanning Microscope, which incorporates the newest release of NIS-Elements C software (v. 3.2). By pairing these two powerful tools, researchers now benefit from this added usability and functionality in the new fully integrated C2 confocal system. The new system was unveiled at the Neuroscience 2010 show in San Diego, on Nov. 13–17.

The new functionality for the C2 Confocal Laser Microscope includes four-channel confocal fluorescence imaging, with vastly expanded spectral capabilities over the predecessor instrument, the C1 Confocal. The new system can capture and unmix data acquired at any channel resolution across the entire detector bandwidth while electronics improvements increase scanning accuracy and speed.

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