The hippocampus of the eastern rock sengi: cytoarchitecture, markers of neuronal function, principal cell numbers and adult neurogenesis

• Main Authors: Lutz eSlomianka (Author), Tanja eDrenth (Author), Nicole eCavegn (Author), Dominik eMenges (Author), Stanley E. Lazic (Author), Mashudu Victor Phalanndwa (Author), Christian T Chimimba (Author), Irmgard eAmrein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The brains of sengis (elephant shrews, order Macroscelidae) have long been known to contain a hippocampus that in terms of allometric progression indices is larger than that of most primates and equal in size to that of humans. In this report, we provide descriptions of hippocampal cytoarchitecture...