Big Picture: Inside the Brain - content by topic

Understanding the brain

• Animation on the action potential
• Animated 360 degree brain (Wellcome Collection site)
• Infographic: Neurons by numbers (PDF)
• Infographic: Neuron nuts and bolts (PDF)
• ‘Inside the Brain’ poster

Types of medical imaging

• Quick guide to positron emission tomography (PET)
• Exploring forensic medical imaging
• More articles on the brain
• Infographic: Functional brain imaging timeline (PDF)
• Infographic: MRI nuts and bolts (PDF)
• Video on getting a brain scan
• More videos on the brain
• Image gallery on types of brain imaging
• Extended ‘real voices’

Diseases and conditions

• Demyelinating diseases
• Using brain imaging to treat children
• More articles on the brain
• Video on scanning stroke
• More videos on the brain
• ‘Inside the Brain’ poster
• Extended ‘real voices’

The brain in culture

• Wellcome Collection guide to ‘Brains’
• Extended ‘real voices’
• Brainy books - recommended reading
• ‘Axon’ game

Historical aspects

• Historical case studies
• Image gallery on the history of understanding the brain
• Infographic: Functional brain imaging timeline (PDF)

Ethical, social and legal aspects

• Exploring forensic medical imaging
• fMRI in court: a pack of lies?
• Infographic: Neurons by numbers (PDF)
• Extended ‘real voices’
• App: Big Picture Debates the Brain

Further resources

• Lesson ideas (PDF)
• Printer-friendly black-and-white version of the issue (PDF)
• Brainy books - recommended reading
• Previous brain-related issues: Big Picture - Thinking
• Previous brain-related issues: Big Picture - Addiction
• Previous brain-related issues: Big Picture - The Cell
• Curriculum matching
• Web links to other teaching resources and related organisations

This is part of the online content for ‘Big Picture: Inside the Brain’.