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    Von Economo neurons, also called spindle neurons, are a specific class of mammalian cortical neurons characterized by a large spindle-shaped soma (or body)...
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    Constantin Freiherr von Economo (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Οικονόμου; 21 August 1876 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist of Romanian...
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    the nerve process which is issuing from the cell. Von Economo neurons, also known as spindle neurons, found in a few select parts of the cerebral cortex...
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  • In neurobiology, spindle cell refers to: Spindle neuron, also known as a von Economo neuron In general medicine, a spindle cell may refer to the spindle-shaped...
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    AY; Allman, JM; Hof, PR (July 2009). "Total number and volume of Von Economo neurons in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans". The Journal of Comparative...
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  • Fork cell (redirect from Fork neuron)
    cells are found in humans and some other highly evolved species. Von Economo neuron Taniguchi, Manabu; Iwahashi, Misaki; Oka, Yuichiro; Tiong, Sheena...
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  • developed neocortex, a folding of the cerebral cortex, and von Economo neurons. Said neurons are linked to social intelligence and the ability to gauge...
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    Urology. 23 (11): 946–951. doi:10.1111/iju.13172. PMID 27531585. "Von Economo neuronNeuronBank". neuronbank.org.[unreliable medical source?] Millan MJ,...
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    Jones, T. K.; Allman, J. M. (2006). "Dendritic architecture of the Von Economo neurons". Neuroscience. 141 (3): 1107–1112. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006...
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    1017/S0962728600026634. S2CID 56915273. Fajardo, C.; et al. (4 March 2008). "Von Economo neurons are present in the dorsolateral (dysgranular) prefrontal cortex of...
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  • Tajikistan, a town in Tajikistan VEN or Venezuela von Economo neurons, also called spindle neurons Vên, an EP by Eluveitie Ven (currency), the virtual...
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    is also distinguished by distinct cellular components, including von Economo neurons in the AI/dACC. Cortico-striatal-thalamic loop circuits contribute...
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    Camilla Butti; Patrick R. Hof; John M. Allman (December 2009). "Von Economo Neurons in the Elephant Brain". The Anatomical Record. 292 (2): 242–248....
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    the ACC is unique in its abundance of specialized neurons called spindle cells, or von Economo neurons. These cells are a relatively recent occurrence in...
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    Jones, T. K.; Allman, J. M. (2006). "Dendritic architecture of the Von Economo neurons". Neuroscience. 141 (3): 1107–1112. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006...
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    Jones, T. K.; Allman, J. M. (2006). "Dendritic architecture of the Von Economo neurons". Neuroscience. 141 (3): 1107–1112. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006...
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    Jones, T. K.; Allman, J. M. (2006). "Dendritic architecture of the Von Economo neurons". Neuroscience. 141 (3): 1107–1112. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006...
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    anterior insular cortex contains a population of spindle neurons (also called von Economo neurons), identified as characterising a distinctive subregion...
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  • of neurons - large spindle-shaped cells - unique to humans and our closest relatives, the great apes. The spindle neurons, now called the Von Economo neurons...
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    researchers reported the first electrical recordings from human von Economo neurons. The Allen Institute for Brain Science is part of the MICrONS program...
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    ; M. Allman, J.; Hof, P. R. (2009). "Total number and volume of Von Economo neurons in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans". The Journal of Comparative...
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  • Erb-Duchenne palsy, Duchenne smile E Constantin von Economo 1876 - 1931 Austria von Economo neurons E Wilhelm Heinrich Erb 1840 - 1921 Germany Erb's...
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    Jones, T. K.; Allman, J. M. (2006). "Dendritic architecture of the Von Economo neurons". Neuroscience. 141 (3): 1107–1112. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006...
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    behaviors Perceptual Aberration Scale n/a Self-Knowledge n/a n/a Von Economo neurons left inferior frontal cortex MPFC posterior cingulate/precuneus ventral...
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  • Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1963. Constantin von Economo 1876–1931 Austria von Economo neurons Gerald Edelman 1929–2014 United States Ludwig Edinger...
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  • performed by another. Spindle neuron – also called von Economo neurons (VENs), are a specific class of neurons that are characterized by a large spindle-shaped...
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  • disorder was never identified, the psychiatrist and neurologist Constantin von Economo decided to study this disease and identified a key component in the sleep-wake...
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    Economo, C. von, Koskinas, G.N. (1925) Die Cytoarchitektonik der Hirnrinde des erwachsenen Menschen. Julius Springer, Vienna. Economo, C. von, Koskinas...
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    similar, but more detailed cortical map was published by Constantin von Economo and Georg N. Koskinas in 1925. Brodmann areas have been discussed, debated...
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    serotonin still differentiates Type 1 and Type 2 neurons. In the early 20th century, Constantin von Economo noted that humans who had encephalitis with lesions...
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