3D Animation of Neurons firing electrical impulses. Nerve Cell Activity in the Brain, Neurogenesis, Neurotransmitters, Synapse. Nervous System.

Daniel Toker, PhD on Instagram: "You’re watching tens of thousands of neurons firing across a living vertebrate brain in real time. Each point of light is a cell signaling to its neighbors, forming patterns that underlie perception, movement, memory, and behavior. Seeing the brain like this makes something abstract feel immediate and tangible: a living network, busy with activity, quietly doing the work of being a mind. Credit: Ahrens, Orger, Robson, Li & Keller, Nature Methods (2013) #stem #nat