basal ganglia
 
 
 
basal ganglia
 

A 20 micron resolution 3D map of a human brain

            Resolution is now often measured in pixels, but the more familiar method is to use measures of distance. Resolution is not the same as size, although the two terms are sometimes conflat...
 
 
basal ganglia
 

Play the Name the Brain Game

At last, Cool Runnings brings you something you have always wanted: an interactive web site which will teach you 91 brain structures! The head-, neck-, spine- and brainchild of Brett Young, MD, at the site’s birth a neuroradi...
 
 
art
 

Vesalius for our age

Professional training is arduous, expensive, and frequently humiliating, but there are perks. Judges in judiciary school get discounts on gavels. Theoretical physicists need spend little on wardrobes. In medical school, I got a...
 

 
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The Many-Themed Notebooks of Dr. Shalizi

            Who is this person who looks like Trotsky*, writes like Nietzsche and since 1999 has gifted the neuroscience world with his opinions on almost everything of interest to neuroscience res...
 
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"Brain Atlas Cap"
"Brain Atlas Cap"
"Brain Atlas Cap"

The Next Generation Brain Atlas

Brainmaps.org is the neuroscience analog, giving us the most detailed and complete set of images of the inner universe.
 
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:Cortex Thalamus Modha Singh Mandala"
:Cortex Thalamus Modha Singh Mandala"
:Cortex Thalamus Modha Singh Mandala"

Interactive Wiring of Cortex and Thalamus

The part of the brain that supports conscious contents is the cortex and thalamus. Modha and Singh showed the long-distance link in this system as a mandala....