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The time when the “Tomte” of evolution was playing with time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Giorgio M. Innocenti
Giorgio M. Innocenti
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroanatomy and Brain Development, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, S-17177 Sweden
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Abstract

Developmental constraints presumably had a major role in channeling evolution. In particular, developmental mechanisms may have coordinated the evolution of neocortex with that of other brain structures. However, the rules determining the differential expansion of different cortical territories remain to be determined as well as the adaptive role of cortical expansion versus that of the structures it is connected to. The high degree of developmental plasticity of neocortex was probably the key to its successful evolution.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 287
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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