I'm A Photographer

these are all pics that i have taken in my Neuro 481 class and they are all of brain and spinal chord slices under a microscope. the magnification varies from 40x-400x. these are the images that scientists look at and determine how your brain works. its amazing to me how all these little dots can actually mean something to someone. see if you can figure out which section is where in the body. The stains used are Silver(the brown ones, i know its borwn and not silver but thats how it comes out), Luxol Fast Blue(the blueis purpleish ones), and a combination Hematoxylin and Eosin stain(the pink ones).

in 481 we are studying histology(microscopic study of tissue) for the first half of the semester. so ive learned how to prepare a brain to put on a slide and i have done actual staining and preparation of slides. ive learned how to use a microscope etc. im SUPPOSED to know what im looking at too hehe