Faster scaling of auditory neurons in cortical areas relative to subcortical structures in primate brains

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 209-218

  Wong, Peiyan ^a,d   Peebles, J Klint ^a   Asplund, Christopher L ^a,e   Collins, Christine E ^a   Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^b,c   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translacional   (Brazil)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allometry; Auditory cortex; Brain size; Evolution; Inferior colliculus; Medial geniculate nucleus

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES; TUPAIIDAE;

ANIMAL; AOTIDAE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BABOON; CALLITHRIX; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GALAGIDAE; GENICULATE BODY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LEMURIDAE; RHESUS MONKEY; SCANDENTIA; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CALLITHRIX; CELL COUNT; GALAGO; GENICULATE BODIES; INFERIOR COLLICULI; LEMUR; MACACA MULATTA; PAPIO; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 84882314484     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350709     Document Type: Article

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