title: [Cerebellum of birds: comparative study of the density of the Purkinje cells in the anterior lobe (author's transl)].
abstract: The mean linear density of the Purkinje cells in the anterior lobe of the cerebellum of the dung cook, Gallus gallus, is significantly higher (16.8 cells/mm) than that observed in the anterior lobe of the cerebellum of the black vulture, Coragyps atratus (12 cells/mm). It is formulated the hypothesis that this quantitative difference is concerned with the type of locomotion, the walk, predominant in the dung cook.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002452:Cell Count; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003720:Densitometry; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000166:cytology*
vernacular_title: Cerebelo de aves: estudo comparativo da densidade das células de Purkinje no lobo anterior