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Early Illustrations of the Nervous System
- asymptosis 6y agoThis reminds me of the art on the walls in Prey (2017), eg https://giantbomb1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/0/5370/3019083-3077055835-74e69.PNG https://giantbomb1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/0/5370/30...
- stochastician 6y agoI don't do much neuroscience anymore but classic Golgi and Cajal drawings still move me to tears. The mystery these scientists began unlocking 100 years ago is still the biggest in all of science. For people interested in the modern versions, I highly recommend checking out Janelia's drosophila connectome data: https://elifesciences.org/articles/57443 https://elifesciences.org/articles/57443
- kkylin 6y agoAbsolutely agree! And Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal is still highly worth checking out.
- shmageggy 6y agoI thought “modern version” was going to refer to the book Portraits of the Mind from 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/nov/28/neuroscience-images https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/nov/28/neur...
- leemailll 6y agoGolgi developed the staining method used by both, but it is Cajal who really make the study on brain anatomy shine. They shared Nobel prize, and Cajal is viewed as founding father of Neuroscience.
- 082349872349872 6y agoFor more abstract representation, see https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM704.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM704.html