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Animals and number of neurons

A selection of animals depicting the number of neurons in their whole nervous system and the number of neurons in their brain.

These numbers are estimates derived by multiplying the density of neurons in a particular animal by the average volume of the animal's brain.

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Références

  • [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_by_number_of_neurons#cite_note-15
  • [2] http://www.neurocomputing.org/Amphibian.aspx
  • [3] Herculano-Houzel, S, Mota B, Lent R (2006). "Cellular scaling rules for rodent brains.". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 (32): 12138–12143
  • [4] Herculano-Houzel, S. & Lent, R. (2005). "Isotropic fractionator: a simple, rapid method for the quantification of total cell and neuron numbers in the brain."
  • [5] http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html
  • [6] Herculano-Houzel S (2009). "The human brain in numbers: a linearly scaled-up primate brain"

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