The volume of the cerebellar molecular layer predicts attention to novelty in rats.
Cerebellum volume was compared with the behavioral measure of attention to novelty in normal rats. The volume of the cerebellar molecular layer significantly predicted individual rats' exploratory tendency. Variations in neuronal process volume may explain part of the interindividual variation for cognitive abilities.
Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0017.
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D000818:Animals; D048429:Cell Size / Q000502:physiology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012016:Reference Values