The completion of the Human Genome Project has provided a foundational blueprint for
understanding human life. Nonetheless, understanding the intricate mechanisms through …

Highlights• The brains of teleosts and tetrapods serve similar functions but differ in anatomy.•
Variations of teleosts sensory organs can occur through independent mechanisms.• Sensory …

The telencephalon has undergone remarkable diversification and expansion throughout
vertebrate evolution, exhibiting striking variations in structural and functional complexity …

Macroglia fulfill essential functions in the adult vertebrate brain, producing and maintaining
neurons and regulating neuronal communication. However, we still know little about their …

Fish, like many other animals, navigate to ensure survival. While the telencephalon region of
the teleost fish brain is believed to play a critical role in navigation, lesion and …

Various types of professional immune cells first emerge in fish and likely represent the
primordial form and functions. Recent advancements revealed the direct connection …

Zebrafish is a useful model organism in neuroscience; however, its gene expression atlas in
the adult brain is not well developed. In the present study, we examined the expression of 38 …

Studying neural mechanisms in complementary model organisms from different ecological
niches in the same animal class can leverage the comparative brain analysis at the cellular …

Vertebrates, a diverse group of organisms adapted to a range of ecological niches, rely on
external cues for responding to environmental pressures. The brain plays a crucial role in …