Cellular scaling rules for primate spinal cords

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-59

  Burish, Mark J ^a   Peebles, J Klint ^a   Baldwin, Mary K ^a   Tavares, Luciano ^b   Kaas, Jon H ^a   Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Connectivity; Evolution; Number of neurons

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENOLASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL COUNT; INDOLES; LINEAR MODELS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77957812475     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319019     Document Type: Article

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