Life of a Neuron

ARTECHOUSE × Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

An ARTECHOUSE exhibition with the Society for Neuroscience, this immersive experience transforms decades of brain research into a journey through the human mind — exploring how neurons shape thought, emotion, and experience at the cellular level.

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Location

ARTECHOUSE DC & New York City

Role

Led XR design as part of a cross-functional team, collaborating with scientists and internal creatives to conceptualise, design, and implement immersive experiences. Built using Unity and Vuforia, with real-time code and animation workflows.

Life of a Neuron — Addiction — Addiction The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops of social media.

Life of a Neuron — Neuroblasts — Neuroblasts Neuroblasts feature prominently in the explosion of growth that takes place while embryos develop. These immature neural cells can grow into anything from neurons to glia as they populate the diverse cells that compose the nervous system.

Life of a Neuron — Neuroplasticity — Neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. This is what makes our brain different from when we wake up to when we sleep and when we sleep to when we wake up. Our brain is never the same because of Neuroplasticity.

Life of a Neuron — Brainbow — Brainbow Brainbow Hippocampus depicts the actively firing anatomy and complex circuitry of the hippocampus, the hub of learning, memory, and integration of experience in the brain. The Brainbow technique is a process by which individual neurons in the brain can be distinguished from neighbouring neurons — by staining them with fluorescent proteins.

Life of a Neuron — Synapse — Synapse Neurons communicate with each other at the junctions called ‘Synapse’. They never touch each other; the most common way they pass the signal to the next neuron is through chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.