Neuronal and non-neuronal scaling across brain regions within an intercross of domestic and wild chickens

• Main Authors: Felipe Cunha (Author), Diego Stingo-Hirmas (Author), Rita France Cardoso (Author), Dominic Wright (Author), Rie Henriksen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The allometric scaling of the brain size and neuron number across species has been extensively studied in recent years. With the exception of primates, parrots, and songbirds, larger brains have more neurons but relatively lower neuronal densities than smaller brains. Conversely, when considering wi...