Number of neurons of emotional loop parts - research-team/NEUCOGAR GitHub Wiki

Emotional loop parts Human Rat1 Rat2
Whole nervous system 86 000 000 000 200m 200.13m (+-170 000)
Cerebral cortex 19bn - 23bn 15m - 22m
Motor cortex 1 290 000 000
Striatum 720 000 000 690 000 2 791 000
STN: subthalamic nucleus 560 000 - 870 000 13 600 22 700 (+-1 300)
SNc: substantia nigra compacta 300 000 - 550 000 7 200 12 700 (+-1 000)
SNr: substantia nigra reticulata 260 000 26 300 47 200 (+-5 000)
Thalamus
GPe: globus pallidus external 1 000 000 - 1 460 000 46 000 84 100 (+-2 100)
GPi: globus pallidus internal 310 000 - 350 000 3 200 12 600 (+-700)
Basal Ganglia 2.79m

References

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[9] Cortex: Introduction

[10] List of animals by number of neurons

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