Thursday, September 25, 2008

Electron Microscope Images

Check out these images of everyday objects as seen through the electronic microscope at the University of Hawaii.


The image is one a a neuron.  While this neuron is one from a crab and grown in a petri dish, the neurons in your body conduct chemical signals from the brain to your body.

There are many common human disorders affecting the neuronic or nervous system; including; Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

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