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Studying the Brain Monoaminergic Systems and Neurotrophic Factors in Minipigs with High and Low Tolerance to the Presence of Human. 人高、低耐受性小型猪脑单胺系统及神经营养因子的研究。
IF 1.7 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000530116
Darya Bazovkina, Nina B Illarionova, Elizabeth A Kulikova, Ekaterina Yu Bazhenova, Nadezhda A Sinyakova, Nikita V Khotskin, Sergey Nikitin, Vasily S Lankin, Elena E Terenina, Oleg V Trapezov, Aleksandr V Kulikov
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Molecular Diversity of Neuron Types in the Salamander Amygdala and Implications for Amygdalar Evolution. 蝾螈杏仁核神经元类型的分子多样性及其对杏仁核进化的影响
IF 1.7 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-27 DOI: 10.1159/000527899
Astrid Deryckere, Jamie Woych, Eliza C B Jaeger, Maria Antonietta Tosches
{"title":"Molecular Diversity of Neuron Types in the Salamander Amygdala and Implications for Amygdalar Evolution.","authors":"Astrid Deryckere, Jamie Woych, Eliza C B Jaeger, Maria Antonietta Tosches","doi":"10.1159/000527899","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000527899","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The amygdala is a complex brain structure in the vertebrate telencephalon, essential for regulating social behaviors, emotions, and (social) cognition. In contrast to the vast majority of neuron types described in the many nuclei of the mammalian amygdala, little is known about the neuronal diversity in non-mammals, making reconstruction of its evolution particularly difficult. Here, we characterize glutamatergic neuron types in the amygdala of the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltl. Our single-cell RNA sequencing data indicate the existence of at least ten distinct types and subtypes of glutamatergic neurons in the salamander amygdala. These neuron types are molecularly distinct from neurons in the ventral pallium (VP), suggesting that the pallial amygdala and the VP are two separate areas in the telencephalon. In situ hybridization for marker genes indicates that amygdalar glutamatergic neuron types are located in three major subdivisions: the lateral amygdala, the medial amygdala, and a newly defined area demarcated by high expression of the transcription factor Sim1. The gene expression profiles of these neuron types suggest similarities with specific neurons in the sauropsid and mammalian amygdala. In particular, we identify Sim1+ and Sim1+ Otp+ expressing neuron types, potentially homologous to the mammalian nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract (NLOT) and to hypothalamic-derived neurons of the medial amygdala, respectively. Taken together, our results reveal a surprising diversity of glutamatergic neuron types in the amygdala of salamanders, despite the anatomical simplicity of their brain. These results offer new insights on the cellular and anatomical complexity of the amygdala in tetrapod ancestors.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":"98 2","pages":"61-75"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096051/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9724077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparative Neuroanatomy of the Mechanosensory Subgenual Organ Complex in the Peruvian Stick Insect, Oreophoetes peruana. 秘鲁竹节虫机械感觉亚属器官复合体的比较神经解剖学。
IF 1.7 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000525323
Johannes Strauß
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引用次数: 3
Mapping Human Brain Pathways: Challenges and Opportunities in the Integration of Scales. 绘制人脑路径图:量表整合的挑战与机遇。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1159/000530317
Christine J Charvet
{"title":"Mapping Human Brain Pathways: Challenges and Opportunities in the Integration of Scales.","authors":"Christine J Charvet","doi":"10.1159/000530317","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000530317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The human brain is composed of a complex web of pathways. Diffusion magnetic resonance (MR) tractography is a neuroimaging technique that relies on the principle of diffusion to reconstruct brain pathways. Its tractography is broadly applicable to a range of problems as it is amenable for study in individuals of any age and from any species. However, it is well known that this technique can generate biologically implausible pathways, especially in regions of the brain where multiple fibers cross. This review highlights potential misconnections in two cortico-cortical association pathways with a focus on the aslant tract and inferior frontal occipital fasciculus. The lack of alternative methods to validate observations from diffusion MR tractography means there is a need to develop new integrative approaches to trace human brain pathways. This review discusses integrative approaches in neuroimaging, anatomical, and transcriptional variation as having much potential to trace the evolution of human brain pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":"98 4","pages":"194-209"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11310840/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10489402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mapping the Pattern of Essential Neuroendocrine Cells Related to Puberty and VA Opsin Expression Provides Further Insight in the Photoreceptive Regulation of the Brain-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). 绘制与青春期和VA视蛋白表达相关的基本神经内分泌细胞模式,为大西洋鲑鱼脑-垂体-性腺轴的感光调节提供了进一步的见解。
IF 1.7 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000526188
Christine Horne, Jon Vidar Helvik, Mitchell Stewart Fleming, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Mariann Eilertsen
{"title":"Mapping the Pattern of Essential Neuroendocrine Cells Related to Puberty and VA Opsin Expression Provides Further Insight in the Photoreceptive Regulation of the Brain-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar).","authors":"Christine Horne,&nbsp;Jon Vidar Helvik,&nbsp;Mitchell Stewart Fleming,&nbsp;Per Gunnar Fjelldal,&nbsp;Mariann Eilertsen","doi":"10.1159/000526188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000526188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), seasonal photoperiod is shown to regulate the onset of sexual maturation, yet which brain region(s) is involved, and how light information impacts the neuroendocrine system are still not fully understood in teleosts. Detailed knowledge about the photoperiodic regulation of maturation in fish is still missing. In birds, it is shown that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gnrh) is located in the same neurons as vertebrate ancient (VA) opsin, suggesting a direct photoreceptive regulation for the onset of sexual maturity. This study presents a comprehensive topographic mapping of gnrh2, gnrh3, kisspeptin 2 (kiss2), gonadotropin-inhibiting hormone (gnih), and VA opsin using in situ hybridization on mature Atlantic salmon brains. Neurons positive for gnrh3 are expressed in the olfactory bulb and ventral telencephalon, while gnrh2-positive neurons are located dorsally in the midbrain tegmentum. Gonadotropin-inhibiting hormone (Gnih)-expressing cell bodies are present in the ventral thalamus and extend caudally to the hypothalamus with kiss2-expressing cells appearing in a lateral position. VA opsin-positive cells are present in the telencephalon, the rostro-dorsal ring of the left habenula, the ventral thalamus, and the midbrain tegmentum. The results show no similar co-location as found in birds, hypothesizing that the photoreceptive modulation of Gnrh in salmon may interact through neuronal networks. The topography analyses of the essential neuroendocrine cells related to sexual maturation in the Atlantic salmon brain show that diencephalic (thalamus, hypothalamus) and midbrain (tegmentum) regions seem central for controlling sexual maturation.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":"98 1","pages":"32-43"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9360173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Climate Change Influences Brain Size in Humans. 气候变化影响人类大脑大小
IF 1.7 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1159/000528710
Jeff Morgan Stibel
{"title":"Climate Change Influences Brain Size in Humans.","authors":"Jeff Morgan Stibel","doi":"10.1159/000528710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000528710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brain size evolution in hominins constitutes a crucial evolutionary trend, yet the underlying mechanisms behind those changes are not well understood. Here, climate change is considered as an environmental factor using multiple paleoclimate records testing temperature, humidity, and precipitation against changes to brain size in 298 Homo specimens over the past fifty thousand years. Across regional and global paleoclimate records, brain size in Homo averaged significantly lower during periods of climate warming as compared to cooler periods. Geological epochs displayed similar patterns, with Holocene warming periods comprising significantly smaller brained individuals as compared to those living during glacial periods at the end of the Late Pleistocene. Testing spatiotemporal patterns, the adaptive response appears to have started roughly fifteen thousand years ago and may persist into modern times. To a smaller degree, humidity and precipitation levels were also predictive of brain size, with arid periods associated with greater brain size in Homo. The findings suggest an adaptive response to climate change in human brain size that is driven by natural selection in response to environmental stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":"98 2","pages":"93-106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064386/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9724075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Convergent Anuran Middle Ear Loss Lacks a Universal, Adaptive Explanation. 聚合性无兰中耳缺失缺乏一个普遍的、适应性的解释。
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1159/000534936
Molly C Womack, Kim L Hoke
{"title":"Convergent Anuran Middle Ear Loss Lacks a Universal, Adaptive Explanation.","authors":"Molly C Womack, Kim L Hoke","doi":"10.1159/000534936","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534936","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Shared selection pressures often explain convergent trait loss, yet anurans (frogs and toads) have lost their middle ears at least 38 times with no obvious shared selection pressures unifying \"earless\" taxa. Anuran tympanic middle ear loss is especially perplexing because acoustic communication is dominant within Anura and tympanic middle ears enhance airborne hearing in most tetrapods.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Here, we use phylogenetic comparative methods to examine whether particular geographic ranges, microhabitats, activity patterns, or aspects of acoustic communication are associated with anuran tympanic middle ear loss.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Although we find some differences between the geographic ranges of eared and earless species on average, there is plenty of overlap between the geographic distributions of eared and earless species. Additionally, we find a higher prevalence of diurnality in earless species, but not all earless species are diurnal. We find no universal adaptive explanation for the many instances of anuran tympanic middle ear loss.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The puzzling lack of universally shared selection pressures among earless species motivates discussion of alternative hypotheses, including genetic or developmental constraints, and the possibility that tympanic middle ear loss is maladaptive.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"290-301"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10885836/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71429582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Entopallium Lost GFAP Immunoreactivity during Avian Evolution: Is GFAP a "Condition Sine Qua Non"? 鸟类进化过程中内脏失去了 GFAP 免疫反应--GFAP 是 "必要条件 "吗?
IF 2.1 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-09 DOI: 10.1159/000535281
Mihály Kálmán, Olivér M Sebők
{"title":"Entopallium Lost GFAP Immunoreactivity during Avian Evolution: Is GFAP a \"Condition Sine Qua Non\"?","authors":"Mihály Kálmán, Olivér M Sebők","doi":"10.1159/000535281","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535281","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The present study demonstrates that in the same brain area the astroglia can express GFAP (the main cytoskeletal protein of astroglia) in some species but not in the others of the same vertebrate class. It contrasts the former opinions that the distribution of GFAP found in a species is characteristic of the entire class. The present study investigated birds in different phylogenetic positions: duck (Cairina moschata domestica), chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), and quails (Coturnix japonica and Excalfactoria chinensis) of Galloanserae; pigeon (Columba livia domestica) of a group of Neoaves, in comparison with representatives of other Neoaves lineages, which emerged more recently in evolution: finches (Taeniopygia guttata and Erythrura gouldiae), magpie (Pica pica), and parrots (Melopsittacus undulatus and Nymphicus hollandicus).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Following a perfusion with 4% buffered paraformaldehyde, immunoperoxidase reactions were performed with two types of anti-GFAP: monoclonal and polyclonal, on floating sections.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The entopallium (formerly \"ectostriatum,\" a telencephalic area in birds) was GFAP-immunopositive in pigeon and in the representatives of Galloanserae but not in songbirds and parrots, which emerged more recently in evolution. The lack of GFAP expression of a brain area, however, does not mean the lack of astroglia. Lesions induced GFAP expression in the territory of GFAP-immunonegative entopallia. It proved that the GFAP immunonegativity is not due to the lack of capability, but rather the suppression of GFAP production of the astrocytes in this territory. In the other areas investigated besides the entopallium (optic tectum and cerebellum), no considerable interspecific differences of GFAP immunopositivity were found. It proved that the immunonegativity of entopallium is due to neither the general lack of GFAP expression nor the incapability of our reagents to detect GFAP in these species.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The data are congruent with our proposal that a lack of GFAP expression has evolved in different brain areas in vertebrate evolution, typically in lineages that emerged more recently. Comparative studies on GFAP-immunopositive and GFAP-immunonegative entopallia may promote understanding the role of GFAP in neural networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"302-313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10885840/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138813937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evolution of Local Circuit Neurons in Two Sensory Thalamic Nuclei in Amniotes. 羊水两感觉丘脑核局部回路神经元的进化。
IF 1.7 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1159/000530316
Michael B Pritz
{"title":"Evolution of Local Circuit Neurons in Two Sensory Thalamic Nuclei in Amniotes.","authors":"Michael B Pritz","doi":"10.1159/000530316","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000530316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Local circuit neurons are present in the thalamus of all vertebrates where they are considered inhibitory. They play an important role in computation and influence the transmission of information from the thalamus to the telencephalon. In mammals, the percentage of local circuit neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus remains relatively constant across a variety of species. In contrast, the numbers of local circuit neurons in the ventral division of the medial geniculate body in mammals vary significantly depending on the species examined. To explain these observations, the numbers of local circuit neurons were investigated by reviewing the literature on this subject in these two nuclei in mammals and their respective homologs in sauropsids and by providing additional data on a crocodilian. Local circuit neurons are present in the dorsal geniculate nucleus of sauropsids just as is the case for this nucleus in mammals. However, sauropsids lack local circuits neurons in the auditory thalamic nuclei homologous to the ventral division of the medial geniculate body. A cladistic analysis of these results suggests that differences in the numbers of local circuit neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of amniotes reflect an elaboration of these local circuit neurons as a result of evolution from a common ancestor. In contrast, the numbers of local circuit neurons in the ventral division of the medial geniculate body changed independently in several mammalian lineages.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":"98 4","pages":"183-193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10113145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sex and Season Affect Cortical Volumes in Free-Living Western Fence Lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis. 性别和季节影响自由生活的西部栅栏蜥蜴皮质体积
IF 1.8 4区 心理学
Brain Behavior and Evolution Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-16 DOI: 10.1159/000529692
Morgan B Jude, Christine R Strand
{"title":"Sex and Season Affect Cortical Volumes in Free-Living Western Fence Lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis.","authors":"Morgan B Jude, Christine R Strand","doi":"10.1159/000529692","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000529692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hippocampus plays an important role in spatial navigation and spatial learning across a variety of vertebrate species. Sex and seasonal differences in space use and behavior are known to affect hippocampal volume. Similarly, territoriality and differences in home range size are known to affect the volume of the reptile hippocampal homologues, the medial and dorsal cortices (MC, DC). However, studies have almost exclusively investigated males and little is known about sex or seasonal differences in MC and/or DC volumes in lizards. Here, we are the first to simultaneously examine sex and seasonal differences in MC and DC volumes in a wild lizard population. In Sceloporus occidentalis, males display territorial behaviors that are more pronounced during the breeding season. Given this sex difference in behavioral ecology, we expected males to have larger MC and/or DC volumes than females and for this difference to be most pronounced during the breeding season when territorial behavior is increased. Male and female S. occidentalis were captured from the wild during the breeding season and the post-breeding season and were sacrificed within 2 days of capture. Brains were collected and processed for histology. Cresyl-violet-stained sections were used to quantify brain region volumes. In these lizards, breeding females had larger DC volumes than breeding males and nonbreeding females. There was no sex or seasonal difference in MC volumes. Differences in spatial navigation in these lizards may involve aspects of spatial memory related to breeding other than territoriality that affect plasticity of the DC. This study highlights the importance of investigating sex differences and including females in studies of spatial ecology and neuroplasticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":56328,"journal":{"name":"Brain Behavior and Evolution","volume":"98 3","pages":"160-170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9661983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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