Updated neuronal scaling rules for the brains of glires (rodents/lagomorphs)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-314

  Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^a,b   Ribeiro, Pedro ^a,b   Campos, Leandro ^a,b   Da Silva, Alexandre Valotta ^b,c   Torres, Laila B ^b,c   Catania, Kenneth C ^d   Kaas, Jon H ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translacional   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain size; Evolution; Glia; Glires; Neurons; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; RAT; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RATS; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; GLIRES; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 81255137157     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330825     Document Type: Article

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