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% Neurons in cerebral cortex?
« on: June 08, 2010, 12:05:14 pm »
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Just wondering, what percentage of the brain's neurons are contained in the cerebral cortex?

And if you imagined there was no skull, what % of the brain's neurons would be visible to the observer on the outside?
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Re: % Neurons in cerebral cortex?
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2010, 12:12:30 pm »
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I thought it was 70%, 2/3rds or something. Ive never seen a question like that on a practice exam. Its at the very start of the chapter 2 (?) grivas though.
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Re: % Neurons in cerebral cortex?
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2010, 09:58:22 pm »
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Quote from: Visionz on June 08, 2010, 12:12:30 pm
I thought it was 70%, 2/3rds or something. Ive never seen a question like that on a practice exam. Its at the very start of the chapter 2 (?) grivas though.
same. I am sure I saw somewhere that in the CNS, 70% of neurons are in the cerebral cortex
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Re: % Neurons in cerebral cortex?
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2010, 10:43:07 pm »
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three quarters. looked at it before.

2/3s of the cerebral cortex are visible from the 'outside'
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Re: % Neurons in cerebral cortex?
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2010, 10:49:01 pm »
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The book actually states 1/3.
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