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Watch the brain come to life. Check out these animated flythroughs of real reconstructed neurons, plus tutorials from across our citizen science projects.
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Gameplay, tutorials, and neuron flythroughs from the original brain-mapping game.
Gameplay and neuron videos from our mouse hippocampus (CA3) game.
Neuron animations
Every one of these cells was mapped by the neuroscience community. This playlist collects some of the most striking neuron animations from the wild and wonderful world of connectomics.
Mammalian neurons
Pyramidal neurons, cortical columns, retinal cells, glia, and hippocampal synapses from the mouse brain.
Cortical Column of Neurons
A full column of neurons spanning the layers of the mouse cortex.
Pyramidal neurons in cortical column
Pyramidal cells, the cortex's main excitatory neurons, inside a column.
Beautiful pyramidal neurons
Single pyramidal neurons showing off their branching dendrites.
Pyramidal neurons from different cortical depths
Pyramidal cells sampled from different layers of the cortex.
Calcium imaged clusters from mouse retina
Clusters of mouse retinal neurons captured with calcium imaging.
Mossy Fiber Synapses
Giant mossy fiber synapses in the hippocampus, central to memory.
Glia squish 2024
Glia, the brain's support cells, packed in around neurons.
Glia hug ❤️
Fly neurons
Tours of the fruit fly connectome: record-breaking neurons, sensory circuits, and decision-making cells.
Explore the fly BANC (Brain and Nerve Cord) Connectome
A tour through the fly's whole brain and nerve cord.
How a fly brain works, part 1
Explore The BANC Dataset, part 2
More of the fly's complete central nervous system.
Part 2: the autopsy
Fly Brain Neuropil 360
The neuropil regions that give the fly brain its structure.
Zoom from neurons to synapses
A zoom from whole neurons down to single synapses.
EPG Ring neurons
EPG ring neurons, the fly's internal compass.
Moonwalker neurons
Command neurons that make the fly walk backward.
Neuron Gallery: CT1 Cells
CT1, a giant neuron that tiles the fly's visual system.
Decision making neurons
Neurons the fly uses to weigh options and decide.
Motion Detection Neurons
Cells that detect motion in the fly's visual system.
DPM Neurons
DPM neurons, a memory-related pair in the fly brain.
2nd longest neuron pair in the fly brain
Drosophila Auditory Connectome
Neurons that process sound in the fly brain.
The longest neuron in the fly connectome
The single longest neuron traced in the fly brain.
The record-holder 🏆
Dm4 Neurons
Dm4 cells from the fly's optic lobe.
Neurotransmitter animation
How neurotransmitters carry a signal across a synapse.
Bolt Neurons
A vivid set of neurons from the fly-brain connectome.