Build a three-dimensional understanding of human brain structure through focused lectures, filmed dissections and live expert commentary. The programme follows cortical landmarks and the limbic lobe into subcortical white matter, ventricles, hippocampus, fornix, basal ganglia and thalamus, with further exploration of the brainstem and cerebellum. Traditional blunt dissection reveals major pathways, while axial, sagittal and coronal MRI comparisons connect anatomy to imaging. Consolidation and self-assessment sessions help participants test their recognition of structures. Live online via Zoom
Seminar · Biomedical Engineering
The wonders and complexities of brain microstructure: Enabling biomedical engineering studies combining imaging and models
Daniele Dini · Imperial College London
Tue, Nov 23, 2021 · 11:00 UTC
Brain microstructure plays a key role in driving the transport of drug molecules directly administered to the brain tissue as in Convection-Enhanced Delivery procedures. This study reports the first systematic attempt to characterize the cytoarchitecture of commissural, long association and projection fiber, namely: the corpus callosum, the fornix and the corona radiata. Ovine samples from three different subjects have been imaged using scanning electron microscope combined with focused ion beam milling. Particular focus has been given to the axons. For each tract, a 3D reconstruction of relat