The Living Tissue

Chapter 3 of How the Brain Works: The Living Tissue.

How the Brain Works | Ch 3 Part 1/2: The Living Tissue ↗How the Brain Works | Ch 3 Part 2/2: The Living Tissue ↗

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American lobster, Homarus americanus in Newfoundland, Canada (21184223265)
Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa
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Astrocytes Wrapping around Blood Vessel
Kimberly A Spurgeon
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Oligodendrocytes and myelin, upper Figure 1A region
Jean-Philippe Michalski and Rashmi Kothary
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Myelinated neuron
Roadnottaken; Trinity College Electron Microscopy Facility
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Fluorescently Labeled Microglia in a Coronal Brain Section from a C57 Mouse
Syed07
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elife-86749-fig1-video1
Xiaochun Gu, Zhong Zhao, Xueli Chen, Lifeng Zhang, Huaqiang Fang, Ting Zhao, Shenghong Ju, Weizheng Gao, Xiaoyu Qian, Xianhua Wang, Jue Zhang and Heping Cheng
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Constituents of the BBB in the capillary
Uemura MT, Maki T, Ihara M, Lee VMY and Trojanowski JQ
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Oligodendrocytes and myelin
Jean-Philippe Michalski and Rashmi Kothary
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Research references

Selected sources from the episode’s research and scientific figures.

How this film was made

Created and editorially directed by Anders Lunde using a custom production system developed over six months. AI assists research, drafting, programming, and visual production; I review and edit the material and make the final editorial decisions. Narration uses text-to-speech. Visuals combine custom-built scientific animations, AI-generated reconstructions, and credited scientific imagery.

Generated reconstructions illustrate scientific interpretations. They are distinct from photographs, specimens, and measured data.

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Visual credits

American lobster, Homarus americanus in Newfoundland, Canada (21184223265)

Astrocytes Wrapping around Blood Vessel

Oligodendrocytes and myelin, upper Figure 1A region

Myelinated neuron

Fluorescently Labeled Microglia in a Coronal Brain Section from a C57 Mouse

elife-86749-fig1-video1

Constituents of the BBB in the capillary

Oligodendrocytes and myelin

Research references

How this film was made