1. Brain structure and function: a multidisciplinary pipeline to study hominoid brain evolution
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Angela D. Friederici, Roman M. Wittig, Alfred Anwander, Cornelius Eichner, Tobias Gräßle, Carsten Jäger, Evgeniya Kirilina, Ilona Lipp, Ariane Düx, Luke J. Edwards, Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Anna Jauch, Kathrin S. Kopp, Michael Paquette, Kerrin J. Pine, Steve Unwin, Daniel B. M. Haun, Fabian H. Leendertz, Richard McElreath, Markus Morawski, Philipp Gunz, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Catherine Crockford, EBC Consortium, Daniel Ashoff, Karoline Albig, Bala Amarasekaran, Sam Angedakin, Caroline Asiimwe, Christian Bock, Birgit Blazey, Andreas Bernhard, Jacinta C Beehner, Laurent Bailanda, Raphael Belais, Thore J Bergman, Denny Böttcher, Tatiana Bortolato, Penelope Carlier, Julian Chantrey, Daniela Denk, Tobias Deschner, Dag Encke, Gelardine Escoubas, Malak Ettaj, Pawel Fedurek, Karina Flores, Alejandra Romero Florero, Richard Franke, Angela D Friederici, Cedric Girard-Buttoz, Jorge Gomez Fortun, Eva Gruber-Dujardin, Susan Hambrecht, Florian Hansmann, Jess Hartel, Daniel BM Haun, Michael Henshall, Catherine Hobaiter, Noémie Hofman, Jennifer E Jaffe, Stomy Karhemere, Evgenya Kirilina, Robert Klopfleisch, Tobias Knauf-Witzens, Kathrin Kopp, Bastian Lange, Kevin E Langergraber, Arne Lawrenz, Kevin Lee, Fabian H Leendertz, Illona Lipp, Matyas Liptovszky, Christelle Patricia Lumbu, Patrice Makouloutou Nzassi, Guy Landry Mamboundou Kouima, Kerstin Mätz-Rensing, Zoltan Mezö, Fanny Minesi, Sophie Moittie, Torsten Møller, Dave Morgan, Mathias Müller, Timothy Mugabe, Martin Muller, Karin Olofsson-Sannö, Alain Ondzie, Emily Otali, Simone Pika, Andrea Pizarro, Kamilla Pleh, Sandra Reichler-Danielowski, Jessica Rendel, Martha M Robbins, Konstantin Ruske, Liran Samuni, Crickette Sanz, Jan Schinköthe, André Schüle, Ingo Schwabe, Katarina Schwalm, Anistan Sebastiampillai, Lara Southern, Sheri Speede, Jonas Steiner, Mark F Stidworthy, Martin Surbeck, Claudia A. Szentiks, Tanguy Tanga, Tobias Loubser Theron, Reiner Ulrich, Erica van de Waal, Sue Walker, Gudrun Wibbelt, Navena Widulin, Hermann Will, Roman M Wittig, Kim Wood, Emiliano Zaccarella, and Klaus Zuberbühler
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non-human primates ,behavior ,structural MRI ,histology ,hominoid fossil ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
To decipher the evolution of the hominoid brain and its functions, it is essential to conduct comparative studies in primates, including our closest living relatives. However, strong ethical concerns preclude in vivo neuroimaging of great apes. We propose a responsible and multidisciplinary alternative approach that links behavior to brain anatomy in non-human primates from diverse ecological backgrounds. The brains of primates observed in the wild or in captivity are extracted and fixed shortly after natural death, and then studied using advanced MRI neuroimaging and histology to reveal macro- and microstructures. By linking detailed neuroanatomy with observed behavior within and across primate species, our approach provides new perspectives on brain evolution. Combined with endocranial brain imprints extracted from computed tomographic scans of the skulls these data provide a framework for decoding evolutionary changes in hominin fossils. This approach is poised to become a key resource for investigating the evolution and functional differentiation of hominoid brains.
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- 2024
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