Morphological differences between minicolumns in human and nonhuman primate cortex
- 19 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 115 (4), 361-371
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1092
Abstract
Our study performed a quantitative investigation of minicolumns in the planum temporale (PT) of human, chimpanzee, and rhesus monkey brains. This analysis distinguished minicolumns in the human cortex from those of the other nonhuman primates. Human cell columns are larger, contain more neuropil space, and pack more cells into the core area of the column than those of the other primates tested. Because the minicolumn is a basic anatomical and functional unit of the cortex, this strong evidence showed reorganization in this area of the human brain. The relationship between the minicolumn and cortical volume is also discussed. Am J Phys Anthropol 115:361–371, 2001.This publication has 82 references indexed in Scilit:
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