Why is brain size so important: Design problems and solutions as neocortex gets bigger or smaller

Brain and Mind

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-23

  Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area; Axon; Column; Evolution; Module; Neuron; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENDRITE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034434211     PISSN: 13891987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010028405318     Document Type: Article

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