Structural and functional organization of mammalian cerebral cortex: The correlation of neurone density with brain size. Cortical neurone density in the fin whale (Balaenoptera Physalus L.) with a note on the cortical neurone density in the Indian elephant
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Brain size varies across mammals by a factor of approximately 100,000.
“Brain size varies across mammals by a factor of approximately 100,000 (Tower, 1954; Stolzenburg et al., 1989).”
From The human brain in numbers: a linearly scaled-up primate brain (2009) · cites this paper as Tower, 1954
The extent of intraspecific variation in brain size is much smaller, on the order of 10-50%, than interspecific variation, which spans five orders of magnitude within mammals.
“Not only the extent of intraspecific variation is much smaller (on the order of 10–50%) than interspecific variation (which spans five orders of magnitude within mammals; Tower, 1954; Stolzenburg et al., 1989)”
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- Authors
- Tower, D. B.
- Affiliations
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Tower, Donald B.
- Venue
- Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1954-08
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 19-51
- ISSN
- 0021-9967 (ISSN-L)
- 1096-9861
- OpenAlex
- W2017611122
- Cited by
- 203
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 5.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Comparative Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Keywords
- cerebral cortex, brain size, fin whale, Indian elephant, comparative neuroanatomy, mammalian brain evolution
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Elephants, Mammals, Neurons, Fin Whale
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