
Maybe the subject of this head scan had Christmas on the brain. Or maybe the scientists who examined it did as well.
Either way, the close-up image of a blood vessel reminded researchers of Father Christmas' most-famous reindeer as they studied the inner workings of neurons in the hippocampus region of the brain.
Staff at Newcastle University decided the picture looks like a reindeer with antlers flying through the starry sky. Even its eye and tail are visible as part of the pin head-sized vessel.
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