Surface area of the neocortex
| Range | ~2,600 cm^2 |
|---|---|
| Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference | Mountcastle VB. The columnar organization of the neocortex. Brain. 1997 Apr120 ( Pt 4):701-22. p.701 left columnPubMed ID9153131 |
| Comments | The neocortex of human is a thin, extended, convoluted sheet of tissue with a surface area of ~2600 cm2, and thickness 3–4 mm. It contains up to 28?10^9 neurons and approximately the same number of glial cells. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 107322 |