From Ecology to Brain Development: Bridging Separate Evolutionary Paradigms

• Main Author: Christian González-Billault (auth)
• Other Authors: Jorge Mpodozis (auth), Miguel L. Concha (auth), Francisco Aboitiz (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; cerebral cortex; visual perception; microcircuits; homology; critical periods; olfaction; computational neuroscience; birds
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The nervous system is the product of biological evolution and is shaped by the interplay between extrinsic factors determining the ecology of animals, and by intrinsic processes that dictate the developmental rules that give rise to adult functional structures. This special topic is oriented to deve...