Structural uniformity of neocortex, revisited

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

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1488-1493

  Carlo, C Nikoosh ^a   Stevens, Charles F ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); GLIA CELL; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872837369     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221398110     Document Type: Article

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