Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Avian Models for Human Cognitive Neuroscience: A Proposal

(2015) Nicola S. Clayton et al.   NEURON

Brain evolution by brain pathway duplication

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Coding principles of the canonical cortical microcircuit in the avian brain

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Core and Shell Song Systems Unique to the Parrot Brain

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The glia/neuron ratio: How it varies uniformly across brain structures and species and what that means for brain physiology and evolution

(2014) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   GLIA

The evolution of self-control

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Evolutionary pressures on primate intertemporal choice

(2014) J. R. Stevens   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds

(2014) A. R. Pfenning et al.   SCIENCE

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

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Cellular scaling rules for the brain of afrotherians

(2014) Kleber Neves et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Brain scaling in mammalian evolution as a consequence of concerted and mosaic changes in numbers of neurons and average neuronal cell size

(2014) Suzana Herculano-Houzel et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Cellular scaling rules for the brain of Artiodactyla include a highly folded cortex with few neurons

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Global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: Mirror images and functional columns

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Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis

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Abstract rule neurons in the endbrain support intelligent behaviour in corvid songbirds

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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks

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Spontaneous innovation in tool manufacture and use in a Goffin’s cockatoo

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The global diversity of birds in space and time

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New Caledonian crows reason about hidden causal agents

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Brains matter, bodies maybe not: the case for examining neuron numbers irrespective of body size

(2011) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Updated Neuronal Scaling Rules for the Brains of Glires (Rodents/Lagomorphs)

(2011) Suzana Herculano-Houzel et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Development and Evolution of the Human Neocortex

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Causes and consequences of expanded subventricular zones

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Postnatal changes in the distribution and density of neuronal nuclei and doublecortin antigens in domestic chicks (Gallus domesticus)

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Developmental Modes and Developmental Mechanisms can Channel Brain Evolution

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Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brains of an Extended Number of Primate Species

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The human brain in numbers: a linearly scaled-up primate brain

(2009) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Developmental origins of mosaic brain evolution: Morphometric analysis of the developing zebra finch brain

(2009) Christine J. Charvet et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Equal numbers of neuronal and nonneuronal cells make the human brain an isometrically scaled-up primate brain

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Cellular scaling rules of insectivore brains

(2009) Diana Sarko   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Developmental Species Differences in Brain Cell Cycle Rates between Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) and Parakeets (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for Mosaic Brain Evolution

(2008) Christine J. Charvet et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Mapping of Movement-Associated Areas in the Avian Brain: A Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin

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A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition

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