Below is a small preview from the upcoming book.
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Photomicrograph of a neuron’s cell body (top, center) and its dendrites radiating out of it, obtained with a scanning electron microscope.
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Photomicrograph of the molecular scaffolding of axons.
![Portraits_of_the_mind_p100_1011 Portraits_of_the_mind_p100_1011](http://lh6.ggpht.com/__zoKJ77EvEc/TMr0znAdZaI/AAAAAAAAIZs/y8TbrAeqPqg/Portraits_of_the_mind_p100_1011%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Photomicrograph of different components of the rat cerebellum, including Purkinje neurons in green, glia (non-neuronal cells) in red, and cell nuclei in blue.
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Diffusion MRI image of a patient who has suffered a stroke in the thalamus. This has resulted in major disruptions to certain axon tracts, some of which are visible at the bottom of the figure.
[via PDN]