The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

KL Grasby, N Jahanshad, JN Painter, L Colodro-Conde… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities.
Variations in human cortical surface area and thickness are associated with neurological …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-species functional alignment reveals evolutionary hierarchy within the connectome

T Xu, KH Nenning, E Schwartz, SJ Hong, JT Vogelstein… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Evolution provides an important window into how cortical organization shapes function and
vice versa. The complex mosaic of changes in brain morphology and functional organization …

A revised perspective on the evolution of the lateral frontal cortex in primates

C Amiez, J Sallet, C Giacometti, C Verstraete… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Detailed neuroscientific data from macaque monkeys have been essential in advancing
understanding of human frontal cortex function, particularly for regions of frontal cortex …

“Plis de passage” deserve a role in models of the cortical folding process

JF Mangin, Y Le Guen, N Labra, A Grigis, V Frouin… - Brain Topography, 2019 - Springer
Cortical folding is a hallmark of brain topography whose variability across individuals
remains a puzzle. In this paper, we call for an effort to improve our understanding of the pli …

Motor skill for tool-use is associated with asymmetries in Broca's area and the motor hand area of the precentral gyrus in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

WD Hopkins, A Meguerditchian, O Coulon… - Behavioural Brain …, 2017 - Elsevier
Among nonhuman primates, chimpanzees are well known for their sophistication and
diversity of tool use in both captivity and the wild. The evolution of tool manufacture and use …

Chimpanzee brain morphometry utilizing standardized MRI preprocessing and macroanatomical annotations

S Vickery, WD Hopkins, CC Sherwood, SJ Schapiro… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Chimpanzees are among the closest living relatives to humans and, as such, provide a
crucial comparative model for investigating primate brain evolution. In recent years, human …