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#The [[cerebral cortex]] is organized in columns | #The [[cerebral cortex]] is organized in columns | ||
#The number of [[neuron]]s underneath equally sized patches of [[cerebral cortex|cortical]] [[surface area]] is approximately identical (around 147,000 per <math>mm^2</math>) across [[mammal]]ian species, with the exception of the [[primary visual cortex]] in [[primate]]s. | #The number of [[neuron]]s underneath equally sized patches of [[cerebral cortex|cortical]] [[surface area]] is approximately identical (around 147,000 per <math>mm^2</math>) across [[mammal]]ian species, with the exception of the [[primary visual cortex]] in [[primate]]s. | ||
:Point number 3 has been refuted by a number of studies (e.g. [[CZ:Ref:Herculano-Houzel 2008 The basic nonuniformity of the cerebral cortex|Herculano-Houzel et al., 2008]]), as summarized by [[CZ:Ref:Rakic 2008 Confusing cortical columns|Rakic 2008]]. | :Point number 3 has been refuted by a number of studies (e.g. [[CZ:Ref:Herculano-Houzel 2008 The basic nonuniformity of the cerebral cortex|Herculano-Houzel et al., 2008]]; see also references therein), as summarized by [[CZ:Ref:Rakic 2008 Confusing cortical columns|Rakic 2008]]. | ||
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Rockel, A. J.; R. W. Hiorns & T. P. S. Powell (1980), "The Basic Uniformity in Structure of the Neocortex", Brain 103 (2): 221–244, DOI:10.1093/brain/103.2.221 [e]
- A well-cited paper concluding that
- "The intrinsic structure of the neocortex is basically more uniform than has been thought and that differences in cytoarchitecture and function reflect differences in connections."
- The cerebral cortex is organized in columns
- The number of neurons underneath equally sized patches of cortical surface area is approximately identical (around 147,000 per ) across mammalian species, with the exception of the primary visual cortex in primates.
- Point number 3 has been refuted by a number of studies (e.g. Herculano-Houzel et al., 2008; see also references therein), as summarized by Rakic 2008.