Interesting. That table lists the methods that were used to get the neuron number; the method I trust most is the isotropic fractionator, it was explicitly designed to get around issues that had plagued neuron counts for a very long time using other methods. Most of the large whale numbers come from ‘optical fractionators’ instead.
Note the ‘false killer whale’ cortical neuron number—it lists two numbers from two methods, and the number from the isotropic fractionator is one third that of the optical fractionator.
Wikipedia lists several whales with more cerebral neurons than humans.
Interesting. That table lists the methods that were used to get the neuron number; the method I trust most is the isotropic fractionator, it was explicitly designed to get around issues that had plagued neuron counts for a very long time using other methods. Most of the large whale numbers come from ‘optical fractionators’ instead.
Note the ‘false killer whale’ cortical neuron number—it lists two numbers from two methods, and the number from the isotropic fractionator is one third that of the optical fractionator.