Brain evolution and development: adaptation, allometry and constraint

No relative expansion of the number of prefrontal neurons in primate and human evolution

(2016) Mariana Gabi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Positive phenotypic selection inferred from phylogenies

(2015) Joanna Baker et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Cell lineage branching as a strategy for proliferative control

(2015) Gentian Buzi et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Human-Chimpanzee Differences in a FZD8 Enhancer Alter Cell-Cycle Dynamics in the Developing Neocortex

(2015) J. Lomax Boyd et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures

(2015) Derrek P. Hibar et al.   NATURE

Expression change inAngiopoietin-1underlies change in relative brain size in fish

(2015) Yu-Chia Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quantitative genetic analysis of brain size variation in sticklebacks: support for the mosaic model of brain evolution

(2015) Kristina Noreikiene et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion

(2015) M. Florio et al.   SCIENCE

The Continuously Growing Central Nervous System of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

(2014) Ayanda Ngwenya et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Microcephaly genes evolved adaptively throughout the evolution of eutherian mammals

(2014) Stephen H Montgomery et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genomic architecture of human neuroanatomical diversity

(2014) R Toro et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Specific expression of FOXP2 in cerebellum improves ultrasonic vocalization in heterozygous but not in homozygous Foxp2 (R552H) knock-in pups

(2014) Eriko Fujita-Jimbo et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Modular structure facilitates mosaic evolution of the brain in chimpanzees and humans

(2014) Aida Gómez-Robles et al.   Nature Communications

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

A systematic framework for functional connectivity measures

(2014) Huifang E. Wang et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Systematic, Cross-Cortex Variation in Neuron Numbers in Rodents and Primates

(2013) C. J. Charvet et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy Reveals Costs and Benefits of Evolving a Larger Brain

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CETACEAN BRAIN AND BODY SIZE

(2013) Stephen H. Montgomery et al.   EVOLUTION

Mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running have larger midbrains: support for the mosaic model of brain evolution

(2013) E. M. Kolb et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Modeling Transformations of Neurodevelopmental Sequences across Mammalian Species

(2013) A. D. Workman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A fast-evolving human NPAS3 enhancer gained reporter expression in the developing forebrain of transgenic mice

(2013) G. B. Kamm et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BMP signaling in telencephalic neural cell specification and maturation

(2013) Beatriz Gámez et al.   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Different scaling of white matter volume, cortical connectivity, and gyrification across rodent and primate brains

(2013) Lissa Ventura-Antunes et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Inhibition of SRGAP2 Function by Its Human-Specific Paralogs Induces Neoteny during Spine Maturation

(2012) Cécile Charrier et al.   CELL

Evolution of Human-Specific Neural SRGAP2 Genes by Incomplete Segmental Duplication

(2012) Megan Y. Dennis et al.   CELL

PHYLOGENETIC COMPARISON OF NEURON AND GLIA DENSITIES IN THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX AND HIPPOCAMPUS OF CARNIVORES AND PRIMATES

(2012) Eric Lewitus et al.   EVOLUTION

Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds

(2012) J. L. FITZPATRICK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Embodied cognitive evolution and the cerebellum

(2012) R. A. Barton   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic architecture supports mosaic brain evolution and independent brain–body size regulation

(2012) Reinmar Hager et al.   Nature Communications

Population variation in brain size of nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) - local adaptation or environmentally induced variation?

(2011) Abigél Gonda et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Not All Brains Are Made the Same: New Views on Brain Scaling in Evolution

(2011) Suzana Herculano-Houzel   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Integrated Brain Diversification along the Early Neuraxes

(2011) Jonathan B. Sylvester et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Evo-Devo and Brain Scaling: Candidate Developmental Mechanisms for Variation and Constancy in Vertebrate Brain Evolution

(2011) Christine J. Charvet et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Human-specific loss of regulatory DNA and the evolution of human-specific traits

(2011) Cory Y. McLean et al.   NATURE

Maternal investment, life histories, and the costs of brain growth in mammals

(2011) R. A. Barton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis

(2010) Stephen H Montgomery et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Late Still Equals Large

(2010) Barbara L. Finlay et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Variation of telencephalon morphology of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in relation to inferred ecology

(2010) P. J. PARK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Angiogenic Factor Angiopoietin-1 Is a Proneurogenic Peptide on Subventricular Zone Stem/Progenitor Cells

(2010) A. I. Rosa et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Adaptive Evolution of Four Microcephaly Genes and the Evolution of Brain Size in Anthropoid Primates

(2010) S. H. Montgomery et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

On the genetic architecture of cortical folding and brain volume in primates

(2010) Jeffrey Rogers et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Brain diversity evolves via differences in patterning

(2010) J. B. Sylvester et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mutations in mouse Aspm (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) cause not only microcephaly but also major defects in the germline

(2010) J. N. Pulvers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bigger brains cycle faster before neurogenesis begins: a comparison of brain development between chickens and bobwhite quail

(2010) C. J. Charvet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2009) Wolfgang Enard et al.   CELL

Distinct Genetic Influences on Cortical Surface Area and Cortical Thickness

(2009) Matthew S. Panizzon et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

DISTINCT EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF BRAIN AND BODY SIZE DURING ADAPTIVE RADIATION

(2009) Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   EVOLUTION

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

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

Evidence for small scale variation in the vertebrate brain: mating strategy and sex affect brain size and structure in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta)

(2009) N. KOLM et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Asymmetric centrosome inheritance maintains neural progenitors in the neocortex

(2009) Xiaoqun Wang et al.   NATURE

Cortical thickness or grey matter volume? The importance of selecting the phenotype for imaging genetics studies

(2009) Anderson M. Winkler et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Why “late equals large” does not work

(2009) V. Weisbecker   NEUROSCIENCE

Brain-size evolution and sociality in Carnivora

(2009) J. A. Finarelli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sex-dependent association of common variants of microcephaly genes with brain structure

(2009) L. M. Rimol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Developmental sources of conservation and variation in the evolution of the primate eye

(2009) M. A. Dyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Developmental basis for telencephalon expansion in waterfowl: enlargement prior to neurogenesis

(2009) C. J. Charvet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Primary microcephaly: do all roads lead to Rome?

(2009) Gemma K. Thornton et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Telencephalon enlargement by the convergent evolution of expanded subventricular zones

(2008) G. F Striedter et al.   Biology Letters

A common SNP of MCPH1 is associated with cranial volume variation in Chinese population

(2008) Jin-kai Wang et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Developmental origins of species differences in telencephalon and tectum size: Morphometric comparisons between a parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) and a quail (Colinus virgianus)

(2008) Georg F. Striedter et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY