Retooling spare parts: gene duplication and cognition

Autistic-like social behaviour in Shank2-mutant mice improved by restoring NMDA receptor function

(2012) Hyejung Won et al.   NATURE

Evolution of GluN2A/B cytoplasmic domains diversified vertebrate synaptic plasticity and behavior

(2012) Tomás J Ryan et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Synaptic scaffold evolution generated components of vertebrate cognitive complexity

(2012) Jess Nithianantharajah et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Human-Specific Transcriptional Networks in the Brain

(2012) Genevieve Konopka et al.   NEURON

What does CNTNAP2 reveal about autism spectrum disorder?

(2012) Olga Peñagarikano et al.   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

New translational assays for preclinical modelling of cognition in schizophrenia: The touchscreen testing method for mice and rats

(2011) T.J. Bussey et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

A Humanized Version of Foxp2 Affects Cortico-Basal Ganglia Circuits in Mice

(2009) Wolfgang Enard et al.   CELL

Human-specific transcriptional regulation of CNS development genes by FOXP2

(2009) Genevieve Konopka et al.   NATURE

Turning a hobby into a job: How duplicated genes find new functions

(2008) Gavin C. Conant et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS