Individual cytoarchitectonic peculiarities of human subcortical brain stem cerebral structures

Both quantitative and qualitative analysis of individual cytoarchitectonic peculiarities of Meinart's nucleus as well as of external part of dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus was performed in mentally normal individuals. The series of brain's 20-microns sections stained with cresyl violet were studied. Some individual morphological qualitative and quantitative peculiarities were evaluated in Meinart's nucleus and in dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus. A number of pronounced cytoarchitectonic peculiarities were revealed in above-mentioned cerebral structures of the persons with outstanding abilities (the cases were taken from the special collection of Moscow Institute of Brain of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences).