Brain connectivity and brain size

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 317-326

  Schuz A ^a   Sultan, F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Axon diameter; Cerebellar surface; Cerebellum; Connectedness; Cortex; Granule cells; Neuron density; Purkinje cells; Scaling; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882855913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00937-2     Document Type: Chapter

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