Neuron densities vary across and within cortical areas in primates

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

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15927-15932

  Collins, Christine E ^a   Airey, David C ^b   Young, Nicole A ^a   Leitch, Duncan B ^b   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell density; Cortex; Isotropic fractionator; Neuron number

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; HEMISPHERE; MACACA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GALAGONIDAE; PAPIO; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; NEURONS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957684979     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010356107     Document Type: Article

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