Encephalization, neuronal excess, and neuronal index in rodents

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1280-1287

  Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain allometry; Brain size; Comparative neuroanatomy; Encephalization; Evolution; Number of glia; Number of neurons; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; GUINEA PIGS; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 35348865469     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20598     Document Type: Article

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