Not all brains are made the same: New views on brain scaling in evolution

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-36

  Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain size; Glia, numbers; Glia neuron index; Neurons, numbers; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GLIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GLIRES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA;

EID: 80052320652     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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