Cellular scaling rules for the brain of Artiodactyla include a highly folded cortex with few neurons

• Main Authors: Rodrigo eSiqueira Kazu (Author), Jose eMaldonado (Author), Bruno eMota (Author), Paul eManger (Author), Suzana eHerculano-Houzel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Quantitative analysis of the cellular composition of rodent, primate, insectivore and afrotherian brains has shown that nonneuronal scaling rules are similar across these mammalian orders that diverged about 95 million years ago, and therefore appear to be conserved in evolution, while neuronal scal...