This #photograph shows a slice of 7.4 millimeter-wide #mouse #brain. The #colors in the image correspond to subsets of #nerve #cells treated with green fluorescent #protein to ensure their visibility—the nearest nerve cells are #red, with #orange, #yellow, #purple, #blue, and #green denoting nerve cells further and further away from the viewer. The mouse brain is a useful mammalian model for #neuroscientists because of the similarity of its basic components to those in #human brains. #photooftheday #science #neuroscience #animals #biology 📷 Luis de la Torre Ubieta