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Analysis of mammalian brain architecture

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  • Fahad Sultan

    (University of Tübingen)

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The mammalian brain is composed of several distinct parts which show different growth in evolution. Clark, Mitra and Wang1 found that the two main cortices of the brain — the cerebral (neo-) cortex and the cerebellum — show very different growth, and that whereas the ratio of neocortex volume to total brain volume increases with evolution, the cerebellum occupies a constant proportion in different species. Here I compare the surface areas of the two cortices in different species and find that these show a simple proportionality. Contrary to the conclusion drawn by Clark et al.1, this linear dependence of size implies that the two major cortices increase their computational capacity in parallel, suggesting a functional dependence of the one upon the other.

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  • Fahad Sultan, 2002. "Analysis of mammalian brain architecture," Nature, Nature, vol. 415(6868), pages 133-134, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:415:y:2002:i:6868:d:10.1038_415133b
    DOI: 10.1038/415133b
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