Comparative studies of the brain in mammals suggest that there are general architectural
principles governing its growth and evolutionary development. We are beginning to …

The large size and complex organization of the human brain makes it unique among primate
brains. In particular, the neocortex constitutes about 80% of the brain, and this cortex is …

Nervous systems are information processing networks that evolved by natural selection,
whereas very large scale integrated (VLSI) computer circuits have evolved by commercially …

It is controversial whether mouse extrastriate cortex has a “simple” organization in which
lateral primary visual cortex (V1) is adjoined by a single area V2 or has a “complex” …

Since the last common ancestor shared by modern humans, chimpanzees and bonobos, the
lineage leading to Homo sapiens has undergone a substantial change in brain size and …

The human brain is one of the most intricate, complicated, and impressive organs ever to
have evolved. Understanding its evolution requires integrating knowledge from a variety of …

The layout of areas in the cerebral cortex of different primates is quite similar, despite
significant variations in brain size. However, it is clear that larger brains are not simply …

The Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common forms of inherited intellectual
disability in all human societies. Caused by the transcriptional silencing of a single gene, the …

Evolutionary changes in the size of the cerebral cortex, a columnar structure, often occur
through the addition or subtraction of columnar modules with the same number of neurons …

An essential requirement for the representation of functional patterns in complex neural
networks, such as the mammalian cerebral cortex, is the existence of stable regimes of …