Different ways of evolving tool-using brains in teleosts and amniotes.
Journal
Communications biology
ISSN: 2399-3642
Titre abrégé: Commun Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101719179
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Date de publication:
12 Jan 2024
12 Jan 2024
Historique:
received:
08
03
2023
accepted:
01
12
2023
medline:
13
1
2024
pubmed:
13
1
2024
entrez:
12
1
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In mammals and birds, tool-using species are characterized by their relatively large telencephalon containing a higher proportion of total brain neurons compared to other species. Some teleost species in the wrasse family have evolved tool-using abilities. In this study, we compared the brains of tool-using wrasses with various teleost species. We show that in the tool-using wrasses, the telencephalon and the ventral part of the forebrain and midbrain are significantly enlarged compared to other teleost species but do not contain a larger proportion of cells. Instead, this size difference is due to large fiber tracts connecting the dorsal part of the telencephalon (pallium) to the inferior lobe, a ventral mesencephalic structure absent in amniotes. The high degree of connectivity between these structures in tool-using wrasses suggests that the inferior lobe could contribute to higher-order cognitive functions. We conclude that the evolution of non-telencephalic structures might have been key in the emergence of these cognitive functions in teleosts.
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pubmed: 38216631
doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05663-8
pii: 10.1038/s42003-023-05663-8
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Journal Article
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eng
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