Micro No. 33
by David Scharf - © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. - © David Scharf/Corbis
Human Cortical Neurons (Brain Cells) showing an extensive network of interconnecting dendrites
Human Cortical Neurons (Brain Cells)--showing an extensive network of interconnecting dendrites. Cortical Neurons make up the brain's cortex (grey matter).The cerebral cortex is a sheet of neural tissue that is outermost to the cerebrum of the mammalian brain. It covers the cerebrum and cerebellum, and is divided into left and right hemispheres. The cerebral cortex plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and consciousness. 800X @ 8"x10" size Color synthesized with Scharf Multi-Detector Color SEM (Pat. #5,212,383) --- Image by © David Scharf/Corbis