Table 5.
Predicted average cell masses and neuronal mass fraction per species.
| Species | Cerebral cortex | Cerebellum | Rest of brain | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mN | mG | fN | mN | mG | fN | mN | mG | fN | |
| PRIMATES | |||||||||
| Microcebus murinus | 27.265 | 4.242 | 0.670 | 1.393 | 4.738 | 0.789 | 5.004 | 3.742 | 0.619 |
| Callithrix jacchus | 15.779 | 4.299 | 0.694 | 1.434 | 4.280 | 0.710 | 30.687 | 3.977 | 0.629 |
| Otolemur garnettii | 19.877 | 4.466 | 0.714 | 1.206 | 4.543 | 0.749 | 69.455 | 4.658 | 0.678 |
| Aotus trivirgatus | 17.078 | 4.418 | 0.711 | 1.109 | 3.982 | 0.666 | 37.746 | 3.961 | 0.600 |
| Callimico goeldii | 26.961 | 4.692 | 0.742 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 24.335 | 3.977 | 0.629 |
| Saimiri sciureus | 10.438 | 4.139 | 0.677 | 2.028 | 4.579 | 0.858 | 54.470 | 4.741 | 0.713 |
| Cebus apella | 24.373 | 4.468 | 0.709 | 1.395 | 4.580 | 0.755 | 95.391 | 5.000 | 0.700 |
| Macaca fascicularis | 30.450 | 4.290 | 0.673 | 2.001 | 3.649 | 0.912 | 46.947 | 4.694 | 0.716 |
| Macaca radiata | 19.549 | 4.176 | 0.670 | 1.914 | 4.072 | 0.679 | 76.478 | 4.470 | 0.630 |
| Macaca mulatta | 27.629 | 4.286 | 0.676 | 0.976 | 3.495 | 0.577 | 44.140 | 3.956 | 0.585 |
| Papio anubis cynocephalus | 29.847 | 4.544 | 0.714 | 1.441 | 4.776 | 0.817 | 43.972 | 4.634 | 0.710 |
| Homo sapiens | 56.912 | 4.980 | 0.754 | 1.374 | 3.689 | 0.616 | 114.364 | 5.001 | 0.671 |
| SCANDENTIA | |||||||||
| Tupaia glis | 17.629 | 4.560 | 0.732 | 1.283 | 4.414 | 0.730 | 25.522 | 3.964 | 0.624 |
| RODENTS | |||||||||
| Mus musculus | 8.863 | 4.284 | 0.701 | 0.756 | 3.463 | 0.570 | 7.692 | 3.768 | 0.619 |
| Mesocricetus auratus | 16.444 | 3.919 | 0.632 | 1.808 | 4.627 | 0.763 | 46.552 | 4.769 | 0.729 |
| Rattus norvegicus | 18.088 | 4.550 | 0.730 | 1.192 | 3.656 | 0.610 | 25.453 | 4.393 | 0.696 |
| Proechimys cayennensis | 23.792 | 4.222 | 0.672 | 1.216 | 3.610 | 0.601 | 38.656 | 4.135 | 0.633 |
| Cavia porcellus | 32.792 | 4.705 | 0.736 | 2.073 | 4.190 | 0.696 | 38.076 | 4.484 | 0.694 |
| Cynomys sp. | 31.248 | 4.290 | 0.672 | 1.680 | 4.545 | 0.749 | 35.215 | 4.133 | 0.639 |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 23.793 | 4.240 | 0.675 | 1.482 | 3.675 | 0.613 | 33.896 | 3.851 | 0.584 |
| Dasyprocta primnolopha | 60.200 | 5.031 | 0.761 | 3.019 | 4.544 | 0.747 | 96.799 | 5.015 | 0.700 |
| Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris | 124.051 | 5.497 | 0.789 | 3.775 | 3.962 | 0.659 | 143.644 | 5.619 | 0.780 |
| EULIPOTYPHLANS | |||||||||
| Sorex fumeus | 5.163 | 3.634 | 0.598 | 0.264 | 2.738 | 0.276 | 7.588 | 3.601 | 0.586 |
| Blarina brevicauda | 11.118 | 4.101 | 0.670 | 0.644 | 3.512 | 0.581 | 10.283 | 3.588 | 0.577 |
| Parascalops brewen | 16.566 | 4.205 | 0.679 | 0.714 | 4.258 | 0.707 | 16.783 | 3.454 | 0.525 |
| Condylura cristata | 17.363 | 3.941 | 0.634 | 0.693 | 3.312 | 0.532 | 16.300 | 3.520 | 0.545 |
| Scalopus aquaticus | 11.106 | 4.089 | 0.669 | 0.572 | 3.563 | 0.592 | 12.580 | 3.548 | 0.562 |
Average neuronal and glial cell mass given in pg. Values apply to the ensemble of gray and white matter in each structure.