Beauty of brain cells – in pictures

We probably know as little about the mind, as we do the depths of the ocean. What wonders lie ahead...

Check out these drawings by 19th century Spanish proto-neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal published in the Guardian during the week. It's funny how us humans think of ourselves as apart from 'nature' - yet within our own depths are vistas that equate in beauty and intricacy to the most astonishing landscapes of our 'natural world'.