Surface areas of the cerebral cortex of mammals determined by stereological methods.
The surface areas of the cerebral cortex excluding archipallium of 20 human, 11 cetacean, 6 carnivore, and 5 marsupial brains were determined by stereological methods. There exist rather strict relationships between volume, length of superficially exposed gyri, and cortical surface area.
D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002591:Cetacea; D006801:Humans; D008394:Marsupialia; D008722:Methods; D013045:Species Specificity; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013499:Surface Properties