• DOI:10.1017/S0140525X03000128
Corpus ID: 6599761

The evolutionary origin of the mammalian isocortex: Towards an integrated developmental and functional approach

@article{Aboitiz2003TheEO,
  title={The evolutionary origin of the mammalian isocortex: Towards an integrated developmental and functional approach},
  author={F. Aboitiz and D. Morales and J. Montiel},
  journal={Behavioral and Brain Sciences},
  year={2003},
  volume={26},
  pages={535 - 552}
}

• F. Aboitiz, D. Morales, J. Montiel
• Published 2003
• Biology, Medicine
• Behavioral and Brain Sciences

The isocortex is a distinctive feature of mammalian brains, which has no clear counterpart in the cerebral hemispheres of other amniotes. This paper speculates on the evolutionary processes giving rise to the isocortex. As a first step, we intend to identify what structure may be ancestral to the isocortex in the reptilian brain. Then, it is necessary to account for the transformations (developmental, connectional, and functional) of this ancestral structure, which resulted in the origin of the… Expand

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