Distribution of neurons in functional areas of the mouse cerebral cortex reveals quantitatively different cortical zones

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^a,b   Watson, Charles ^c,d   Paxinos, George ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translacional   (Brazil)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical development; Mouse; Neuronal density; Numbers of neurons; Occipital cortex; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84887033182     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00035     Document Type: Article

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