Neuroscience Image Library

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Nerve cells

3D illustration of human nerve cells. Each neuron has one axon through which information passes to other cells.

Movement Disorder Key Image

Neurons in Parkinson’s disease

Computer illustration of human nerve cells affected by Lewy bodies in the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s Disease.

ADRD Key Image

Alzheimer’s disease, neuronal network with amyloid plaques

Amyloid plaques accumulate outside neurons. Amyloid plaques are characteristic features of Alzheimer’s disease. The neurons are embedded in a network of astrocytes (darker cells).

Multiple Sclerosis Key Image

Demyelination

Illustration showing demyelination, a process in which the myelin sheath of neurons is damaged.