The elephant brain in numbers

The elephant brain in numbers

What explains the superior cognitive abilities of the human brain compared to other, larger brains? Here we investigate the possibility that the human brain has a larger number of neurons than even larger brains by determining the cellular composition of the brain of the African elephant. We find th...

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Main Authors: Suzana eHerculano-Houzel, Kamilla eAvelino, Kleber eNeves, Jairo ePorfirio, Debora eMesseder, Larissa eMattos Feijó, José eMaldonado, Paul eManger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
Cerebral Cortex
brain size
Glia-Neuron Interactions
numbers of neurons
neuronal density
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2014.00046/full

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