The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has given the green light for At-Bristol science centre to launch an exhibit featuring a real human brain.

The £1.5m Real Brain exhibit will consist of a large tank, engraved with the image of a person on one side and the skeleton and central nervous system on the other. In the position of the brain will be the real human brain, showing both the right and left hemispheres.

The exhibition forms part of the All About Us exhibition, supported by the Wellcome Trust. All About Us has been developed in-house by the At-Bristol exhibitions team and will be based around the seven themes - cardiovascular, reproduction, locomotion, senses, digestion, DNA and brains.

The Real Brain exhibit will feature as one of the key exhibits within the Brains zone.

Goery Delacote, chief executive officer for At-Bristol, said: "There is nothing more interesting than to see something for real. As a science centre, it's our role to bring the real world, and especially that not easy to see, to the attention of our visitors".