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This image shows neurons In The Nucleus of the Solitary Tract (NTS) of the rat brain that have been stained using immunohistochemistry. 5-HT2A receptors have been stained in red and Beta-Tubulin III (a neuronal marker) is shown in green. The NTS acts to regulate homeostatic mechanisms essential in a wide variety of bodily functions such as cardiovascular control and reflexes. It is part of widespread neuronal circuitry and forms reciprocal connections with many other regions of the brain.
This image reflects the magnificent layout and interplay of the neurons in a rat brain. If you look closely you can see the circular bodies of the neuron that glow in red, fit into the spaces made by the green Beta-Tubulin III marker. It is reminiscent of the intricate threads of a carpet intertwining into each other to give a beautiful display of colours.
This image was created using immunohistochemistry. 5-HT2A rabbit polyclonal antibodies, Beta-Tubulin III mouse monoclonal antibodies and fluorescent dyes were used. Images were then collected using an Olympus TIRF confocal microscope with appropriate excitation lasers.
This picture in particular strikes me because this is a beautiful visual illustration of how different receptors in the brain interact and complement each other to function. It helps you appreciate that despite the millions of neurons and their infinite connections there is an underlying organisation and meaning. This stunning visual display is reminiscent not only of a carpet but of a rose bush, reminding us that these layouts and patterns are all around us. It is a reminder of the ability and power of science and research to uncover these patterns and meanings.
Fluorescence image of a mechanoreceptor neuron (PVD) in C. elegans. The PVDs project neuronal trees comprising structural units we call "menorahs." EFF-1, an essential protein mediating fusion between cells, is part of a quality control process that is important for sculpting and maintenance of the menorah stereotypic pattern. This image relates to an article that appeared in the May 6, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. M. Oren-Suissa at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and colleagues, is titled, "The Fusogen EFF-1 Controls Sculpting of Mechanosensory Dendrites."
Credit: Image courtesy of Meital Oren-Suissa and Benjamin Podbilewicz/ Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
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This shot is part of the same photoset of this one. I PPed it adding red filter to original picture.
Questo scatto appartiene alla stessa serie di scatti di questa foto. In fase di PP ho filtrato l'originale con filtro rosso.
1998 frame built with Columbus Neuron, fully chromed, lovely lugwork. Unfortunately paint is in very poor condition, lots of rust spots on the chainstays and inside the fork crown and legs. Awaiting full restoration including new chrome and wet paint. Will be dressed in mid 90's Campagnolo Chorus.
Original auction photos.
"Soma translates the anatomy of neurons into metal, fire and light; magnifying the microscopic world to an epic scale. In Soma, an elegant axon arch connects an earthbound neuron with its partner floating overhead.
Fire and light flow like electrochemical signals between Soma’s two neurons. Spinning balls of fire form the neuron’s nuclei. Slender dendrites extend to the sky and reach down to the earth, emitting constant flame and color changing light.
Computer-controlled flame and sequenced LEDs travel in patterns along the raised Soma archway, creating a spectacular, unique show. All of the fire effects on Soma are participant controlled, allowing the public to communicate with the sculpture itself. Soma offers participants an interactive installation that investigates the very basis of intellectual communication. "
I just loved this. How can you not love metal and fire and brilliant work?
Maker Faire 2010.
Unfortunately, it's not coming back, but we did spy this specimen of Axel Hartmann's innovative Neuron synth, coming out to play at Musikmesse 2012.
Chez les mammifères, la fonction de reproduction est sous le contrôle d’une petite population de neurones située dans une région spécifique du cerveau : l’hypothalamus. Ces neurones, dits "à GnRH" déversent dans la circulation une hormone appelée gonadolibérine ou GnRH (hormone de libération des gonadotrophines hypophysaires) qui régule la sécrétion d'hormones reproductives. Au cours de leur migration du nez vers le cerveau pendant la vie fœtale, certains neurones à GnRH (visualisés ici vert) expriment l'enzyme NOS1 (visualisée rouge). Cette dernière est capable de synthétiser un neurotransmetteur, le monoxyde d'azote, régulant l'activité des neurones à GnRH. Les cellules présentant à la fois la GnRH et la NOS1 apparaissent en jaune.
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Image accompagnant le communiqué de presse publié le 5 octobre 2022 : Nouvelles pistes pour réduire les complications à long terme chez les enfants nés prématurés presse.inserm.fr/nouvelles-pistes-pour-reduire-les-compli...
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Les enfants nés prématurément ont un risque plus élevé de souffrir de troubles cognitifs et sensoriels mais aussi d’infertilité à l’âge adulte. Dans une étude parue en 2022, une équipe de chercheurs et chercheuses de l’Inserm, du CHU de Lille et de l’Université de Lille, au sein du laboratoire Lille neuroscience et cognition, soulève des pistes intéressantes pour améliorer leur pronostic. En menant des travaux sur une maladie rare appelée hypogonadisme hypogonadotrope congénital, les scientifiques ont en effet découvert le rôle clé d’une enzyme et le potentiel thérapeutique du neurotransmetteur qu’elle synthétise – le monoxyde d’azote – pour réduire le risque de complications à long terme en cas de prématurité. Les résultats sont décrits dans Science Translational Medicine. L’équipe de recherche a par ailleurs lancé un essai clinique au CHU de Lille en partenariat avec un hôpital d’Athènes (Grèce) pour aller plus loin et mesurer l’effet du monoxyde d’azote chez des enfants prématurés.
The last SUBDUB of 2011 hosted at Vox, Leeds.
Iration Steppas sound in the main room, with Neuron Pro Audio room 2 and Central Beatz sound in room 3.
Huge selection of DJs playing everything from dub reggae, drum & bass, dubstep and bashment. Roll on 2012!
Le cortex moteur est une zone du cerveau située à l'arrière du lobe frontal, juste avant le sillon central qui le sépare du lobe pariétal. Il est fortement impliqué dans la planification, le contrôle et l'exécution des mouvements volontaires. L'activité de ses neurones est régulée par un neurotransmetteur, la dopamine. Cette dernière se fixe sur les neurones par l'intermédiaire de récepteurs dits "dopaminergiques". Ici, on peut visualiser des neurones du cortex moteur exprimant les récepteurs dopaminergiques
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EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE AND WONDER
Activities to stimulate, inspire and amuse your little grey cells....
Art and Science on the Brain
Wonder Street Fair 7-9 April 2013
Barbican Centre, London
Festival of Neuroscience - BNA 2013
A unique experience with outstanding speakers presenting the latest developments in research into the brain and CNS organised by British Neuroscience Association and supported by Wellcome Trust
Authors: Xavier Figueroa and Albert Folch (Univ. of Washington, Bioeng. Dept.)
For details, see Tourovskaia, A., Barber, T., Wickes, B., Hirdes, D., Grin, B., Castner, D. G., Healy, K. E., and Folch, A. "Micropatterns of Chemisorbed Cell Adhesion-Repellent Films Using Oxygen Plasma Etching and Elastomeric Masks", Langmuir 19, 4754 (2002).
It's a brainbow! Welcome to the human brain! No, it's not this color, ha ha. This is for a neuroscience poster for my department :)
(side note: All brain images were taken from consenting indviduals OR donor organs...I did not steal them out of medical files or offline, ha ha)
EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE AND WONDER
Activities to stimulate, inspire and amuse your little grey cells....
Art and Science on the Brain
Wonder Street Fair 7-9 April 2013
Barbican Centre, London
Festival of Neuroscience - BNA 2013
A unique experience with outstanding speakers presenting the latest developments in research into the brain and CNS organised by British Neuroscience Association and supported by Wellcome Trust
Entry in category 1. Object of study; Copyright CC-BY-NC-ND: Brian McCabe
Establishing with precision the quantity and identity of the cell types of the brain is a prerequisite for a detailed understanding of nervous system function. However precise quantitation of brain cell numbers has proven difficult to do manually and had only previously been achieved for the nematode c.elegans, which has 302 neurons. Using new genetic tools designed for computer-assisted science, we quantitated the exact number of cells in the entire Drosophila third instar larval central nervous system (CNS), an important model organism. We found less neurons (~10,300) and many more glia cells than previously predicted. We also unexpectedly found that female larva had ~10% more neurons than males. The image shows light sheet images of the ventral nerve cord region of the entire Drosophila larval CNS, with neurons or glia cells labelled. Our findings highlight that when studying behaviour, brain function or even cell numbers, researchers have to consider both sexes.
In higher acuity environments, such as the ICU or OR, continuous collection of vital signs data is required. When hospitals implement electronic medical charting through device integration in these environments, the collection of vital signs is automated thereby allowing nursing staff to spend more time on direct patient care, assessment and surveillance.
Capsule's solution is typically deployed in high acuity environtments by mounting the Capsule Neuron on the wall, near the patient. The Capsule Neuron then manages the collection of all vital signs from all devices for that patient. Electronic Medical Charting. The visual display at the bedside provides clinicians with continuous assurance that all patient data is being collected from connected devices and automatically being sent to the EMR waiting for validation when the clinician has time to chart.
Frederick “Rusty” Gage has spent his life asking a question many neuroscientists once considered heretical: can the adult brain grow new neurons?
When I photographed him at the Salk Institute in February 2026, that question felt less like rebellion and more like legacy. We made portraits in his study overlooking the Pacific, a quiet room washed in coastal light. The ocean moved below the cliffs in long, steady breaths. It is the same office once occupied by Jonas Salk, who recruited Rusty decades ago. The desk, the view, the gravity of the place. You feel it immediately. History is not abstract there. It presses in from the walls.
In the late twentieth century, neuroscience was built on a stark premise: you are born with a fixed number of neurons. Damage them and they are gone. Memory fades. Injury lingers. Aging narrows possibility. Rusty challenged that dogma with careful, methodical experiments that showed new neurons could, in fact, form in the adult hippocampus. The implications were enormous. Learning, mood, resilience, even the biology of hope took on new dimensions.
In person, what strikes you first is his attentiveness. He leans in slightly when you speak, hands folded, eyes steady behind round glasses. There is warmth in him that feels unforced. Soft spoken, yes, but never distant. You sense a mind that is constantly mapping connections, not only between neurons but between people. Students drift in and out of his orbit with ease. Colleagues seek him out. He listens more than he declares.
The study itself holds layers of meaning. Jonas Salk built the institute as a place where scientists could think expansively, where architecture and intellect met the horizon. Standing in that room with Rusty, you understand that recruitment was more than a hire. It was a passing of trust. Salk had imagined a future for biology that included imagination and risk. Rusty carried that forward into the living brain.
His work has since expanded beyond neurogenesis into how the genome shapes the nervous system over time. His lab explores mosaicism in the brain, the idea that our neurons are not genetically identical but subtly varied. The brain becomes not a static organ but a dynamic landscape, shaped by experience and by the restless choreography of DNA. It is a vision of the self that is fluid and intricate.
Photographing him in that office felt less like documenting a single scientist and more like tracing a lineage. Salk sought a vaccine that would protect children from paralysis. Rusty sought evidence that the adult brain was not condemned to decline. Both projects required a certain stubborn optimism. A belief that the body holds more possibility than we assume.
The weight of history was there, yes. But so was something lighter. A current of curiosity that refuses to settle. In Rusty Gage’s presence, you feel that science is not a monument. It is a conversation, still unfolding, with the ocean as witness.
Courtesy of Matt Abramian
matthew.abramian@gmail.com
"This was done using Golgi staining...potassium dichromate and silver nitrate. First time doing this for me, so I was super excited to see how cool they looked. Camillo Golgi discovered this technique in the late 19th century...we still use it today cause it allows us to get really good images of synapse morphology."
"first image is the hippocampus, second one is the cortex and the third one is the thalamus"