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Evolutionary generation of brain diversity: How to build a bigger cortex by tweaking just three parameters| old_uid | 12281 |
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| title | Evolutionary generation of brain diversity: How to build a bigger cortex by tweaking just three parameters |
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| start_date | 2016/10/06 |
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| schedule | 12h15-13h15 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The cerebral cortex of mammals varies enormously in volume, surface area, thickness, number of neurons, gray/white matter ratio, and degree of folding. The relationships across these variables are also multiple and clade-specific. Surprisingly, however, we find that all these variables and the relationships among them can be predicted by a model based on just three parameters related to cortical development, with clade-specific values. This talk will present our model of generation of cortical diversity, explain what those three parameters are, and address the implications for understanding brain evolution and for future studies on the developmental origins of evolutionary diversity. |
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| responsibles | Rampon |
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