
Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys.
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Purves, D; LaMantia, AS
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
August 1990
We have examined the number of "blobs" (cytochrome oxidase-positive cortical modules) in the primary visual cortex (area 17) of infant and adult rhesus monkeys. The density of these iterated circuits--about five per mm2--was not significantly different in three newborn and three mature animals. Measurement of the surface of area 17 in serial sections, however, showed that the total area occupied by the primary visual cortex increases by about 50% during maturation. Based on these measurements, the number of blobs in this species is about 8000 at birth and about 12,000 in maturity. Evidently, these complex functional units are added gradually to the developing primate brain over a period that extends into postnatal life.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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1091-6490
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0027-8424
Publication Date
August 1990
Volume
87
Issue
15
Start / End Page
5764 / 5767
Related Subject Headings
- Visual Cortex
- Macaca mulatta
- Macaca
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Animals, Newborn
- Animals
- Aging
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Purves, D., & LaMantia, A. S. (1990). Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 87(15), 5764–5767. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.15.5764
Purves, D., and A. S. LaMantia. “Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 87, no. 15 (August 1990): 5764–67. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.15.5764.
Purves D, LaMantia AS. Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1990 Aug;87(15):5764–7.
Purves, D., and A. S. LaMantia. “Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 87, no. 15, Aug. 1990, pp. 5764–67. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.87.15.5764.
Purves D, LaMantia AS. Numbers of "blobs" in the primary visual cortex of neonatal and adult monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1990 Aug;87(15):5764–5767.

Published In
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI
EISSN
1091-6490
ISSN
0027-8424
Publication Date
August 1990
Volume
87
Issue
15
Start / End Page
5764 / 5767
Related Subject Headings
- Visual Cortex
- Macaca mulatta
- Macaca
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Animals, Newborn
- Animals
- Aging