Von Economo Neurons in the Human Medial Frontopolar Cortex

• Main Authors: Carlos Arturo González-Acosta (Author), Martha Isabel Escobar (Author), Manuel Fernando Casanova (Author), Hernán J. Pimienta (Author), Efraín Buriticá (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The von Economo neurons (VEN) are characterized by a large soma, spindle-like soma, with little dendritic arborization at both, the basal and apical poles. In humans, VENs have been described in the entorhinal cortex, the hippocampal formation, the anterior cingulate cortex, the rostral portion of t...