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

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAA9101zbMATH Open1355.92019OpenAlexW1520719651WikidataQ46705909 ScholiaQ46705909MaRDI QIDQ2961898FDOQ2961898

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

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zbMATH Keywords

cortical thicknessbrain mass increasefolding of brainslissencephaly

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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