Pathways Gallery

White matter fibres and brain, artwork

White matter fibres overlaid a 3d model of the human brain in top view. Coloured 3D diffusion spectral imaging (DSI) scan of the bundles of white matter nerve fibres in the brain. The fibres transmit nerve signals between brain regions and between the brain and the spinal cord. Diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) is a variant of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in which a magnetic field maps the water contained in neuron fibers, thus mapping their criss-crossing patterns. A similar technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is also used to explore neural data of white matter fibres in the brain. Both methods allow mapping of their orientations and the connections between brain regions. Data/software: NIH Human Connectome Project /humanconnectomeproject.org)

© PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

View of Adrichem House with the garden and large pond, from '

STC468615 View of Adrichem House with the garden and large pond, from Het Zeganpralent Kennemerlant by Hendrick de Leth and Matthias Brouerius Van Nidek, published c.1700-1730 (coloured engraving) by Dutch School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: book of views of leisure gardens, palaces, rural and urban buildings;); The Stapleton Collection; Dutch, out of copyright

© The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Images

John Bull standing at the parting of the ways

The Parting of the Wats - John Bull's Rival Guides. John Bull standing at the parting of the ways - a choice for Britain between the Path of Prosperity offered by the Tariff Reform of Joseph Chamberlain and the gloom and depression of the Old Free Trade Hills and the cap offering Henry Campbell-Bannerman. The viewpoint of this card is pretty clear, with one of the rivals getting a far better (and sunnier) report by the artist. Date: circa 1906

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection