NAB-Cytoarchitectonics

Cytoarchitecture (Greek κύτος= "cell" + αρχιτεκτονική= "architecture"), also known as cytoarchitectonics: study of the cellular composition of the body's tissue under the microscope.

Microscopic anatomy: Brodmann areas   

• brain segmented according to appearance in microscope (cytoarchitectonics)
• combined with comparative neuroanatomy
• appearance reflects type of cells (e.g. inputs vs outputs)
• type of cells sometimes correlates with function
• studies restricted to small number of brains