Thursday, November 09, 2006

substantia nigra

yup it really is black
why is it black? it's got pigment. why would the brain have pigment? To help neuroanatomists to name it!

Post your brain questions!

5 Comments:

Blogger becca said...

To neuroscience dudes like you a chopped up brain might not be gross, but to the rest of us...YUCK!

That's nasty.

8:03 AM  
Blogger kevinPlusAmEqualsLove said...

sorry, becca. I'm immune at this point and didn't think about it. I will put warning labels on future posts

6:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sweet slices -

I was thinking it was just really dense gray matter.

Didn't we almost name our band substantia nigra or locus aurelius.

MIKE

7:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sweet slices -

I was thinking it was just really dense gray matter.

Didn't we almost name our band substantia nigra or locus aurelius.

MIKE

7:34 PM  
Blogger becca said...

Mike eventually confessed that he put you up to these posts. Turkey!

5:59 PM  

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