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Quantitative Analysis of Specific Structures of Magnopyramidal Cognitive Neurons in Broca‟s Region

Magnopyramidal neurons of a deep IIIC human cortical layer have a major role in important cognitive functions such as memory, language and thinking. This study looks at quantitative measurements of twenty post-mortem neurons impregnated with GolgiCox solution from IIIC layer of left and right Broca's region in male and female brains. After a 3D reconstruction of neurons, software extracting the data from the digital images was applied, and subsequently Minitab conducting paired t-tests was used to statistically analyze the hemispherical differences. The hypothesis for nine variables was predicting no statistical differences however, four variables significantly differed in the left from the right hemisphere. Limited implications can be given due to the small sample size and further research ideas are offered.

Magnopyramidal neurons; human brain; Broca's region; Golgi-Cox

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