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It never seems like there are enough Brainbow images around. This is a relatively new one from this year’s Olympus Bioscapes competition in which the cerebral cortex of a mouse has been Brainbow-labelled. This mouse was likely thinking about Christmas lights.
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Photo by Mr. Pierre Mahou, Dr. Emmanuel Beaurepaire, and Dr. Karine Loulier

Brainbow!

The Christmas lights of the cortex!
Read more about how brainbow images are made and why they are useful here.
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kateoplis:

billydalto:

It never seems like there are enough Brainbow images around. This is a relatively new one from this year’s Olympus Bioscapes competition in which the cerebral cortex of a mouse has been Brainbow-labelled. This mouse was likely thinking about Christmas lights.

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Photo by Mr. Pierre Mahou, Dr. Emmanuel Beaurepaire, and Dr. Karine Loulier

Brainbow!

The Christmas lights of the cortex!

Read more about how brainbow images are made and why they are useful here.

Source: olympusbioscapes.com

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    • #brainbow
    • #neuroscience
    • #sciart
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