January 26, 2008
Glorious Mud
This is a possibly-illicit rendering of one of the best SICM images yet obtained of a neuron. I expect some version of it to crop up in the literature before long, largely on account of its prettiness. It is essentially not much more than eye candy, but with luck some meaningful results will follow in due course. In the meantime, revel in its apparent physicality.
It's a hippocampal pyramidal cell: memories are made of this.
Posted by matt at January 26, 2008 02:50 AM
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Jeezus. That thing gives me the hippocampal pyramidal willies.
Posted by: robin at January 26, 2008 05:35 AM
Nothing like a multipolar neuron to send my glutamate levels rocketing; is this a Betz or a Martinotti, and can you explain the difference besides?
What he said... frightsville.
Posted by: Alastair at January 26, 2008 07:38 AM
Hmm. My neuroanatomy is pretty weak, so probably not. Does such terminology even apply in the hippocampus?
Posted by: matt at January 26, 2008 10:45 AM
*Ryan revels*
Posted by: ryan at January 29, 2008 01:01 AM
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