See these first-of-a-kind views of living human nerve cells

New database could shed light on how people’s brains tick

pyramidal nerve cell

BRAIN CANDY  A new database offers a deep look at living human nerve cells, revealing elaborate branching structures and myriad shapes, such as in this neuron called a pyramidal cell (cell image, left and 3-D computer reconstruction, right).

Allen Institute for Brain Science

The human brain is teeming with diversity.