3D shrew brain animation (VIDEO)

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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3D brain of the common shrew, reconstructed from in vivo MRI scans. Different colors show different brain regions: neocortex (blue), olfactory bulb (light blue), enthorinal/piriform cortices (grey), midbrain (pink), pons and medulla (green), thalamus (orange), hippocampus (yellow), caudoputamen (red)

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Cecilia Baldoni / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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