Changing numbers of neuronal and non-neuronal cells underlie postnatal brain growth in the rat

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 14108-14113

  Bandeira, Fabiana ^a   Lent, Roberto ^a   Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain size; Gliogenesis; Neurogenesis; Neuron number; Neuronal density

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 69549092121     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804650106     Document Type: Article

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