Evolutionary appearance of Von Economo’s Neurons in the mammalian cerebral cortex

Von Economo’s neurons (VENs) are large, spindle-shaped projection neurons in layer V of the frontoinsular (FI) cortex, and the anterior cingulate cortex. During human ontogenesis, the VENs can first be differentiated at late stages of gestation, and increase in number during the first eight postnata...

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Main Authors: Franco eCauda, Giuliano Carlo Geminiani, Alessandro eVercelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00104/full