Sentences with phrase «brain slices reveal»

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Studies of individual neurons in dishes of cultured neurons and in brain slices by co-first author Robert E. Stanley, a graduate student in the lab, revealed that neurons in the mutant mice had decreased numbers of dendritic spines, an important part of the synapses that neurons use to communicate with one another.

They then kill the animal and slice its brain tissue thin enough so that light can shine through it under a microscope, revealing the structure within each slice.

In Self - Portrait with Haircut, created in 2003, Saul portrays himself in mock - cubist fashion, with his eyes, nose and ears placed at impossible angles and his head sliced geometrically to reveal spaghetti - like hair (or brain) stubble.