Minicolumn size and human cortex

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-235

  Buxhoeveden, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalization; Hominids; Minicolumns; Radial unit hypothesis

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MINICOLUMN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855477607     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00010-6     Document Type: Chapter

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