Cortical folding scales universally with surface area and thickness, not number of neurons

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAA9101MaRDI QIDQ2961898zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Bruno Mota, Suzana Herculano-Houzel

Publication date 15 February 2017

Published in Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa9101

zbMATH Keywords

cortical thicknessbrain mass increasefolding of brainslissencephaly

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Neural biology (92C20) Developmental biology, pattern formation (92C15)

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