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Cortical area size dictates performance at modality-specific behaviors.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Mar 2007
Leingärtner Axel, Thuret Sandrine, Kroll Todd T, Chou Shen-Ju, Leasure J Leigh, Gage Fred H, O'Leary Dennis D M
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian neocortex is organized into unique areas that serve functions such as sensory perception and modality-specific behaviors. The sizes of primary cortical areas vary across species, and also within a species, raising the question of whether area size dictates behavioral performance. We show that adult mice genetically engineered to overexpress the transcription factor EMX2 in embryonic cortical...
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