The Human Brain

This video illustrates the anatomy of the human brain from macro to micro. First, the brain is shown with the grey matter highlighted. This fades away to reveal the white matter eventually revealing the structures of the inner brain. The view then zooms into a small section of the hippocampus that shows nerve fiber tracts colored by their direction. The view has gone from a scale of approximately 7.25 inches down to a scale of about .6 inches. Zooming further shows a single individual neuron within the hippocampal volume. The view is now at the scale of micrometers. The neuron model was created from a mesh generated from real neuron volume data. Details such as dendritic spines can be seen. This video is meant to help illustrate the anatomy and structural complexity of the brain at different scales