Cortical Scaling in Mammals: A Repeating Units Model

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-207

  Prothero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Modularity; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLARY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; GLOMERULUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPILLARIES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PHYLOGENY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842664428     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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