A normal neuron and a mutated neuron develop side by side.

[Jlongtors0]

How often do mutated neurons occur? And what happens to them? Are they broken down and reassimilated by the body?

[13x1x20]

Is it bad if you can see a parallel to a popular person on the left and a socially awkward person trying to make new friends on the right?

....

Now I'm sad.

[raadiolint]

thats not good

[mphello]

Wow! 2 days. That's pretty slow for regular cell activity. e.g. Most cells divide and multiply much faster than that, right? I know I'm deliberately being imprecise by saying "how fast".

[dignasy]

amusing

[Salvin14]

So sad poor mutated neuron :[

[HuRtBrOkE20]

this is so cool neuroanatomy this afternoon wish me luck on my quiz

xD

[SuperMegaFart]

that healthy neuron just wants a friend ;[!

[starstarstar42]

These are obviously Jersey Shore neurons.  I'm pretty sure the one at the top right was Snookie in fact.

[mphello]

@starstarstar42 You mean brain-damaged and getting porked by every neuron around her?

[ion010101]

@starstarstar42 It's only capability is to achieve self esteem by calling you guys "haterz".

[SailorAmymone]

What the hell was that!?

[flitzpiepensation]

Beautiful

[richboyd3]

There are no positive mutations of any cells ever documented. Makes ya kinda wonder about what they've been brainwashing you to believe in the public schools huh?

[walkingagh]

What about the knockout for nematodes that make them live 2 times longer, be healthier, more prolific and stronger?

And actually, all you do see when you look at a genome is positive mutations. All the positive ones are kept.

[dennis1381]

@richboyd3 rofl!

[wfngs]

cool dude

[reavea]

That was really amazing.

[Pada007gangster]

too bad neurons don't undergo reproduction after a certain age. After that age your are left with a number of neutrons and thats all you got,, you don't get any more neurons and the neurons you have left eventually start to die....

[SamsEditReel]

recent studies contradict that.

[smashingparadox]

It blows my mind that we have technology to even see this

[Martins2012]

Neurons become bad as we inject vaccines full of mercury and drink fluoridated water.

[g00gander]

Please put down your Jenny Mcarthy reading material. Take off your tinfoil hat while you are at it.

[Manguitom]

And when we use cellphones?

[isochronous]

@Martins2012

Where's your evidence?

[pashok99]

@Martins2012 Vaccines don't have mercury, and fluorine doesn't cause brain damage (or, neuron damage). Read up on this stuff before you start to point fingers.

[metaslugx]

Yes, yes they do. Just not all of them. It's used as a preservative.

[tocard3]

I must ask, at what point do neurons start thinking? How many connections does it take before only neurons are capable of thought?

[murmur5555]

The ill neuron that was unable to connect and came more and more disfigured looks like the neurons in the brain of Paul S. Appelbaum MD, an Aspie freak. Same output.

[jaxspider]

The mutated neuron looks like instead of making "limbs" its made a sheild. It it can't seem to escape it.

[plasticpals1]

More like it pee'd itself

[Q3o5]

badass!

[alexportfolio]

uau!!!

[Cadisawi]

So cool. Poor mutated neuron, the healthy one tries to connect to it then just bypasses it.

[StareCalmo]

Now that was cool. The healthy neuron keeps trying to make that connection and just by-passes it all together. Incredible.

[mmmmike2]

gotta love neurobiology

[Rowantwig]

i like how the neuron notices when it has connected two of its "limbs" and decides to disconnect them

[minhthu1311]

good

[TheBlitz1]

that is fucking incredible man

[CryoKeen]

Ya!

[muffinman1]

lol yea