Parcellation and area-area connectivity as a function of neocortex size

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-98

  Changizi, Mark A ^a   Shimojo, Shinsuke ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area; Comparative; Connectivity; Mammal; Neocortex; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SIZE; GRAY MATTER; LITERATURE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 23844531029     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085942     Document Type: Article

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