The number and distribution of Meynert cells in area 17 of the macaque monkey
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- 17 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 213 (1190) , 27-40
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1981.0051
Abstract
A study has been made of the number and distribution of the Meynert cells in area 17 of the visual cortex in the macaque monkey. There are between 30 000 and 40 000 Meynert cells in one hemisphere and these are randomly distributed with an average uniform area density of about 25 cells per square millimetre. The area density of Meynert cells is similar in the representation of the fovea and the perifoveal cortex. These findings are discussed in relation to the basic uniformity of the functional architecture of the visual cortex.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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