| Range |
30 to 50 μm
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| Organism |
Vertebrates |
| Reference |
Sporns O, Tononi G, Kötter R. The human connectome: A structural description of the human brain. PLoS Comput Biol. 2005 Sep1(4):e42.p.e43 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID16201007
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| Primary Source |
Mountcastle VB. The columnar organization of the neocortex. Brain. 1997 Apr120 ( Pt 4):701-22.PubMed ID9153131
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| Comments |
While details of minicolumn
architecture are likely to vary across different brain regions
[56–58], minicolumns generally contain approximately 80–
100 neurons, spanning all cortical layers, with a diameter of
approximately 30–50 µm [primary source]. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107321 |