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21534990

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Neocortex is an important part of the mammalian brain that is quite different from its homologue of the dorsal cortex in the reptilian brain. Whereas dorsal cortex is small, thin, and composed of a single layer of neurons, neocortex is thick and has six layers, while being variable across species in size, number of functional areas, and architectonic differentiation. Early mammals had little neocortex, with perhaps 20 areas of poor structural differentiation. Many extant mammals continue to have small brains with little neocortex, but they often have sensory specializations reflected in the organization of sensory areas in neocortex. In primates, neocortex is variously enlarged and characterized by structural and other specializations, including those of cortical networks devoted to vision and visuomotor processing. In humans, neocortex occupies 80% of the volume of the brain, where as many as 200 areas may exist.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1749-6632
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 New York Academy of Sciences.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
1225
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Neocortex in early mammals and its subsequent variations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. jon.h.kaas@vanderbilt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review