Distinct developmental growth patterns account for the disproportionate expansion of the rostral and caudal isocortex in evolution

In adulthood, the isocortex of several species is characterized by a gradient in neurons per unit of cortical surface area with fewer neurons per unit of cortical surface area in the rostral pole relative to the caudal pole. A gradient in neurogenesis timing predicts differences in neurons across th...

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Main Author: Christine Jocelyne Charvet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00190/full