Brain and spinal cord under the microscope

Blocks of the central nervous system, each cut to show its layers: the six layers of the cerebral cortex with pyramidal, Betz, granule and fusiform cells, motor beside sensory cortex; the cerebellar cortex with its molecular, Purkinje cell and granular layers, Purkinje cell fans, parallel and climbing fibres; the cervical spinal cord cut across, with its grey horns, substantia gelatinosa, central canal, the dorsal columns, corticospinal, spinothalamic and spinocerebellar tracts, rootlets and meninges; and a capillary of the blood-brain barrier with tight junctions, a pericyte and astrocyte end-feet.