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A quantitative approach to cytoarchitectonics

II. The allocortex of Tupaia belangeri

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Fourteen allocortical areas of Tupaia belangeri are described after measuring the grey level index (Zilles et al., 1978b) with a new, automatic, high resolution measuring procedure. The laminar pattern of the cortical areas is quantitatively described after vertical changes in this index occurred from the pial surface to the white matter. The registered profiles show characteristic features for the different allocortical brain regions.

The results are compared with lamination systems gained by comparative cytoarchitectonic studies using purely qualitative criteria.

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. R. Ortmann on the occasion of his 65th birthday

(Direktor: Professor Dr. H. Leonhardt)

(Abteilungsvorsteher: Professor Dr. H.-J. Kretschmann)

Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grants Kr 289/8, 289/9 and Zi 192/1

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Zilles, K., Schleicher, A. & Kretschmann, HJ. A quantitative approach to cytoarchitectonics. Anat. Embryol. 154, 335–352 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345660

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