"neuronal time of origin (young neurons can be branded for life"

36¾ x 45¾"
pencil and pen on paper
2004
collection of: Jay B. Angevine

This drawing is derived from a lecture by Prof. Jay Angevine describing his discovery that neurons in the cortex emerge (are born) in exactly the opposite spatial pattern than had long been assumed. This breakthrough profoundly changed the way scientists think about brain development. Angevine’s studies were prompted by the much earlier work of the great Spanish neuroanatomist Santiago Ramòn y Cajal (the mischievous youth with bow and arrow).