Cellular scaling rules of insectivore brains

Insectivores represent extremes in mammalian body size and brain size, retaining various “primitive” morphological characteristics, and some species of Insectivora are thought to share similarities with small-bodied ancestral eutherians. This raises the possibility that insectivo...

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Main Authors: Diana K Sarko, Kenneth C Catania, Duncan B Leitch, Jon H Kaas, Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2009-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.05.008.2009/full