Confocal fluorescence image of hippocampal tissue from a neonatal mouse brain showing microglial cells (green) in relation to neurons (red).  Activation of microglial cells is thought to contribute to neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain.  Image by Leah Fuller and Michael Dailey, Univ. of Iowa.

Click for interview of Dr. Mark Cooper discussing the importance of imaging neuroinflammation (published in Pain Practitioner).