| Range |
rat ~600%: guinea pig ~60% %
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| Organism |
Rodent |
| Reference |
Josselyn SA, Frankland PW. Infantile amnesia: a neurogenic hypothesis. Learn Mem. 2012 Aug 16 19(9):423-33. doi: 10.1101/lm.021311.110 p.427 right column top paragraphPubMed ID22904373
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| Primary Source |
Dobbing J, Sands J. Comparative aspects of the brain growth spurt. Early Hum Dev. 1979 Mar3(1):79-83PubMed ID118862
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| Comments |
P.427 right column top paragraph: "Unlike rats, guinea pigs are able to walk and see at birth, suggesting that guinea pigs are born with a more developed brain. Consistent with this, whereas there is an ∼600% increase in brain weight from birth to full maturity in rats, the corresponding increase is only ∼60% in guinea pigs (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
117229 |