# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/7a8EH4k9t-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461415-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/abd7d261f7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-09-09T19:04:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

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

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## Tags

neuroscience, cells, photooftheday, purple, human, green, blue, protein, colors, nerve, red, animals, science, photograph, orange, brain, neuroscientists, biology, yellow, mouse

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