| Range |
~2.5 (1 - 4.5) mm
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Fischl B, Dale AM. Measuring the thickness of the human cerebral cortex from magnetic resonance images. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Sep 26 97(20):11050-5. p.11050 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID10984517
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| Primary Source |
1. Zilles, K. (1990) in The Human Nervous System, ed. Paxinos, G. (Academic, San Diego), pp. 757–802. 2. von Economo, C. (1929) The Cytoarchitectonics of the Human Cerebral Cortex (Oxford Univ. Press, London). 3. Brodmann, K. (1909) Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Großhirnrinde in ihren Prinzipien dargestellt auf Grund des Zellenbaues (Barth, Leipzig, Germany). |
| Comments |
"The human cerebral cortex is a highly folded sheet of neurons
the thickness of which varies between 1 and 4.5 mm, with an
overall average of approximately 2.5 mm (primary sources). Regional variations
in the cortical thickness can be quite large. For example,
Brodmann’s area 3 on the posterior bank of the central sulcus is
among the thinnest of cortical regions, with an average thickness
of less than 2 mm, whereas Brodmann’s area 4 on the anterior
bank is one of the thickest regions, frequently exceeding 4 mm.
Interestingly, the distribution of the thickness is not uniform by
layer, nor is the variation in the thickness of the cortical layers
proportional to the variation in the total thickness." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110098 |