The scaling of white matter to gray matter in cerebellum and neocortex

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Bush, Eliot C ^a   Allman, John M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Mammals; Neocortex; Scaling; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; MAMMALS; NEOCORTEX;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037217384     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068880     Document Type: Article

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