FOXP transcription factors are an evolutionarily ancient protein subfamily coordinating the
development of several organ systems in the vertebrate body. Association of their genes …

INTRODUCTION For more than a century, the avian forebrain has been a riddle for
neuroscientists. Birds demonstrate exceptional cognitive abilities comparable to those of …

The amygdala is a central node in functional networks regulating emotions, social behavior,
and social cognition. It develops in the telencephalon and includes pallial and subpallial …

The comparison of gene expression patterns in the embryonic brain of mouse and chicken is
being essential for understanding pallial organization. However, the scarcity of gene …

The arcopallium, a key avian forebrain region, receives inputs from numerous brain areas
and is a major source of descending sensory and motor projections. While there is evidence …

Based on the coexpression of the transcription factors Foxg1 and Otp, we recently identified
in the mouse a new radial embryonic division named the telencephalon-opto-hypothalamic …

Deficits in social cognition and behavior are a hallmark of many psychiatric disorders. The
medial extended amygdala, including the medial amygdala and the medial bed nucleus of …

In recent years, the impact of prenatal sound on development, notably for programming
individual phenotypes for postnatal conditions, has increasingly been revealed. However …

Over the past few decades, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) gained popularity
as a unique brain region involved in regulating motivated behaviors related to …

How the evolution of complex behavioral traits is associated with the emergence of novel
brain pathways is largely unknown. Songbirds, like humans, learn vocalizations via tutor …