Faster scaling of visual neurons in cortical areas relative to subcortical structures in non-human primate brains

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 805-816

  Collins, C E ^a   Leitch, D B ^b   Wong, P ^a,e   Kaas, J H ^a   Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translacional   (Brazil)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allometry; Area MT; Brain size; Evolution; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Superior colliculus; Thalamus; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCALING; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENICULATE BODIES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PRIMATES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84879550709     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0430-5     Document Type: Article

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