Editing Cerebral cortex (section)

==History==
In 1909, [[Korbinian Brodmann]] distinguished 52 different regions of the cerebral cortex based on their cytoarchitecture. These are known as [[Brodmann area]]s.<ref name="McGraw-Hill Medical_2013">{{cite book |title=Principles of Neural Science |date=2013 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical |location=New York |isbn=978-0-07-139011-8 |edition=5th |pages=347–348 |oclc=795553723 |editor-last1=Kendel |editor-first1=Eric R. |editor-last2=Mack |editor-first2=Sarah}}</ref>

[[Rafael Lorente de Nó]], a student of [[Santiago Ramon y Cajal]], identified more than 40 different types of cortical neurons based on the distribution of their dendrites and axons.<ref name="McGraw-Hill Medical_2013" />