POEM BY NARI
visual poetry from the cyberstream
 

     
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Example FunctionallydefinedauditorystructuresReconstructiono
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llectedusingalightmicroscope andrepresentregionsextendingacr
ossseveralmillimetres ThearticleMalmierca Rees LeBeauandBjaa
ftheinferiorcolliculusononesideofaguinea pig andalayerofloca
laxonsconnectingregionsrespondingtosimilarsoundfrequencies T
lie Thelaminarorganizationoffrequency specificlocalaxonswith
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Example DevelopingneuralpathwaysReconstructionofthebrainregi
edregion Thedarkgreycurvedtubetotheleftrepresentthebasilarar
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riorsurface Thereconstructionisbasedondatacollectedusingalig
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61 pp 77 94describesthemedicalinterpretationsofthereconstruc
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htmicroscope andrepresentregionsextendingacrossseveralmillim
clei Thelightgreysurfacerepresenttheexteriorofthereconstruct
distributionoftracer labelledterminalaxonsinsidethepontinenu
computerreconstructionstudyintherat J Comp Neurol 1995 Vol 3
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Example DentriticspinesReconstructionofaspineonarathippocamp
yofExcitatoryAminoAcids RavenPress1990 pp 163 174describesth
datacollectedintheelectronmicroscope ThearticleTrommald Vaal
ud likestructures typicallylessthanonemicrometrelong extendi
and BlackstadandAndersen Dendriticspinechangesinratdentategr
anulecellsassociatedwithLong TermPotentiation InNeurotoxicit
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Neural Systems and Graphics Computing Laboratory
Department of Anatomy, University of Oslo
Norway

 
 
 
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