Remember the "this is your brain on drugs" ads? Well, this is a genetically modified mouse brain, sliced and lit up under a microscope with fluorescent light.
Borrowing genes from bacteria, coral and jellyfish, Harvard scientists have set mice brains aglow in a bold panoply of colors, revealing the intricate highways and byways of neuronal connections... (more).
Nice colors! I don't know about the science, but it sure works as art. Thanks to TTB for the link.
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