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  Outline of a theory of the cerebral cortex

Braitenberg, V. (1982). Outline of a theory of the cerebral cortex. In L. Ricciardi, & A. Scott (Eds.), Biomathematics in 1980: Papers presented at a Workshop on Biomathematics: Current Status and Future Perspective (pp. 127-132). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: North Holland Publ.

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Braitenberg, V1, 2, Author           
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1Former Department Structure and Function of Natural Nerve-Net, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, ou_1497803              
2Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, DE, ou_1497794              

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 Abstract: This chapter presents an outline of a theory of the cerebral cortex. The number of cells in both hemispheres of the cerebral cortex of man amounts to about 1010. The majority of these belong to a type called the “pyramidal cell.” It is characterized, among other things, by an axon leaving the cortex at one point to re-enter it at another and to make synaptic connections there. The great internal complexity, compared to the complexity of the input and the output, is characteristic for the cerebral cortex. The fact that the cortex of man (and of other mammals) is the largest piece of gray matter of the whole brain is related to this complexity. The optic tectum, the most impressive cortex of lower vertebrates, is far less complex: the number of neurons in the (frog) tectum is about the same as the number of afferent fibers.

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 Dates: 1982
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 Identifiers: BibTex Citekey: 6969
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-0208(08)71234-9
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Title: Workshop on Biomathematics: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Place of Event: Salerno, Italy
Start-/End Date: 1980-04

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Title: Biomathematics in 1980: Papers presented at a Workshop on Biomathematics: Current Status and Future Perspective
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Ricciardi, L1, Editor
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam, The Netherlands : North Holland Publ.
Pages: 297 Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: 10 Start / End Page: 127 - 132 Identifier: ISBN: 0-444-86355-9

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Title: North-Holland Mathematics Studies
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