Nerve fiber structures (IMAGE)

Forschungszentrum Juelich

Nerve fiber structures

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The fiber structure of pigeons and various mammals in comparison. The 3D-PLI method shows the directions of the nerve fibers color-coded. The depictions seen here do not reflect the true sizes - a human brain is about 500 times larger than pigeon brain.

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Copyright: HHU Düsseldorf / Herold et al.

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