No relative expansion of the number of prefrontal neurons in primate and human evolution

Human evolution is widely thought to have involved a particular expansion of prefrontal cortex. This popular notion has recently been challenged, although controversies remain. Here we show that the prefrontal region of both human and nonhuman primates holds about 8% of cortical neurons, with no cle...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Gabi, Mariana, Neves, Kleber, Masseron, Carolinne, Ribeiro, Pedro F. M., Ventura-Antunes, Lissa, Torres, Laila, Mota, Bruno, Kaas, Jon H., Herculano-Houzel, Suzana
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2016
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5003225/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27503881
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1610178113
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