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Human visual perception pathway in the brain.
By Dave Peace
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This MRI tractography technique shows the connectome which is a comprehensive map of neural connections in the brain - the internal wiring of the brain.
By Patric Hagmann, CHUV-UNIL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Brain cells in the cerebellum, structure that is responsible for maintenance of balance and posture.
Source: Benjamin Barti
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In 1906 Santiago Ramón y Cajal won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for identifying neurons as the structural unit of the nervous system. Here is a great drawing of what he saw under microscope.
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There are as many neurons in the human brain as stars in the Milky Way. #neuroscience
Credit: Darkalina
Confocal microscopy image of the locus coeruleus region of the mouse brain displays noradrenergic neurons in red and GABAergic neurons in cyan. A noradrenergic neuron is highlighted in white.
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Credits: Vincent Breton-Provencher
Snapshot of a live tracking of the Munc18-1 loop mutant protein, which has been implicated in causes infant epilepsy and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Credit: Ravi Kiran Kasula
This swirling vortex-like image is a representation of the struggle brain cells endure. Cells from each side of the brain must travel a long way across the complex midline environment to make connections.
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Credit: Laura Morcom
Two neurons interlace, forming connections and providing mutual support for growth.
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Credit: Nadia Cummins
The only way to look into someone’s brain without opening up the skull is through the eyes.
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