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Organization and evolution of the avian forebrain

Reiner, Anton, Yamamoto, Kei, Karten, Harvey J.·2005·The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology
DOI 10.1002/ar.a.20253
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Early 20th‐century comparative anatomists regarded the avian telencephalon as largely consisting of a hypertrophied basal ganglia, with thalamotelencephalic circuitry thus being taken to be akin to thalamostriatal circuitry in mammals. Although this view has been disproved for more than 40 years, only with the recent replacement of the old telencephalic terminology that perpetuated this view by a new terminology reflecting more accurate understanding of avian brain organization has the modern view of avian forebrain organization begun to become more widely appreciated. The modern view, reviewed in the present article, recognizes that the avian basal ganglia occupies no more of the telencephalon than is typically the case in mammals, and that it plays a role in motor control and motor learning as in mammals. Moreover, the vast majority of the telencephalon in birds is pallial in nature and, as true of cerebral cortex in mammals, provides the substrate for the substantial perceptual and cognitive abilities evident among birds. While the evolutionary relationship of the pallium of the avian telencephalon and its thalamic input to mammalian cerebral cortex and its thalamic input remains a topic of intense interest, the evidence currently favors the view that they had a common origin from forerunners in the stem amniotes ancestral to birds and mammals. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Authors
Reiner, A., Yamamoto, K., & Karten, H. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Reiner, Anton
ORCID
Venue
The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-10-03
Volume
287A
Issue
1
Pages
1080-1102
ISSN
  • 1552-4884 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4892
DOI
10.1002/ar.a.20253
OpenAlex
W2049004110
Cited by
222
References
216
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Eye Institute (EY 05298, R01EY005298)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS 28721, R01NS019620, K08NS001960, NS1960)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
avian forebrain, avian telencephalon, basal ganglia, pallium, avian brain evolution, motor control, motor learning, avian cognition, comparative neuroanatomy
MeSH terms
Animals, Auditory Pathways, Biological Evolution, Neural Pathways, Columbidae, Telencephalon, Visual Pathways, Vocalization, Animal, Prosencephalon, Rats

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