Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution.
Abstract
We believe that names have a powerful influence on the experiments we do and the way
in which we think. For this reason, and in the light of new evidence about the function
and evolution of the vertebrate brain, an international consortium of neuroscientists
has reconsidered the traditional, 100-year-old terminology that is used to describe
the avian cerebrum. Our current understanding of the avian brain - in particular the
neocortex-like cognitive functions of the avian pallium - requires a new terminology
that better reflects these functions and the homologies between avian and mammalian
brains.
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10.1038/nrn1606Publication Info
(2005). Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution. Nat Rev Neurosci, 6(2). pp. 151-159. 10.1038/nrn1606. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10161/11226.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Erich David Jarvis
Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Neurobiology
Dr. Jarvis' laboratory studies the neurobiology of vocal communication. Emphasis is
placed on the molecular pathways involved in the perception and production of learned
vocalizations. They use an integrative approach that combines behavioral, anatomical,
electrophysiological and molecular biological techniques. The main animal model used
is songbirds, one of the few vertebrate groups that evolved the ability to learn vocalizations.
The generality of the discoveries is tested in other vocal
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