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Science 3 October 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3901, pp. 111 - 113
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3901.111
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Surface Areas of the Cerebral Cortex of Mammals Determined by Stereological Methods

Hans Elias 1 and David Schwartz 1

1 Department of Anatomy, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60612

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.


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