Animal Systems Resources

Websites

Pretty Pancreas Pictures

Real life picture of pancreatic tissue. Roll your mouse over the tissue, and it'll tell you what type of cell you're seeing.

Art and the Nervous System

We really dig the dendrite earrings, but if you'd prefer neurotransmitter jigsaw puzzles or coffee mugs, check out this website for products with a touch of the nervous system.

With a Name Like BrainImmune

Ever wonder how stress effects your health? This website has articles that talk about all the different ways that the nervous and immune systems interact.

The Brain (If a Rainbow Puked On It)

By messing with a mouse's genetic code, scientists were able to make cells fluoresce different colors. They make for some pretty psychedelic pictures. (Might we suggest a new desktop wallpaper?)

The Hormone List—Check It

Check out this website to help out with all things hormones. They've listed 18 of them, some we've talked about, and others we haven't.

For All Those Burning Brain Questions

There's lot of immune and nervous system info here, and the best part? It's in English, and you don't have to try and translate from scientific mumbo-jumbo.

Games and Tools

Immune System Defender

Here's a game that's all about the immune system. Are you going to let those green faces look at you like that?

Your Brain On Games

You know what they say about the brain: Use it or lose it! If nothing else these games are fun to play on a dreary, rainy, and cold afternoon.

Brain (Road) Trip

Use this interactive brain to learn about its complicated highway system.

Videos

Endocrine System Rap

What could be better than a rap song about the endocrine system? Probably nothing.