ReviewBiology letters2024
Evolution of neural circuitry and cognition.
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- Evolutionary Trajectories of Consciousness: From Biological Foundations to Technological Horizons.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- What could evolve in the evolution of memory?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Selection shapes diverse animal minds.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Emergence of structures in neuronal network activities.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Drosophila adult brain: short overview of structure, function, and resources Graphical Review Paper.Current research in insect science · 2025Review
- Brain energy metabolism as an underlying basis of slow and fast cognitive phenotypes in honeybees.The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
- Evolution of a central dopamine circuit underlies adaptation of light-evoked sensorimotor response in the blind cavefish,bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Neural circuits govern the interface between the external environment, internal cues and outwardly directed behaviours. To process multiple environmental stimuli and integrate these with internal state requires considerable neural computation. Expansion in neural network size, most readily represented by whole brain size, has historically been linked to behavioural complexity, or the predominance of cognitive behaviours. Yet, it is largely unclear which aspects of circuit variation impact variation in performance. A key question in the field of evolutionary neurobiology is therefore how neural circuits evolve to allow improved behavioural performance or innovation. We discuss this question by first exploring how volumetric changes in brain areas reflect actual neural circuit change. We explore three major axes of neural circuit evolution-replication, restructuring and reconditioning of cells and circuits-and discuss how these could relate to broader phenotypes and behavioural variation. This discussion touches on the relevant uses and limitations of volumetrics, while advocating a more circuit-based view of cognition. We then use this framework to showcase an example from the insect brain, the multi-sensory integration and internal processing that is shared between the mushroom bodies and central complex. We end by identifying future trends in this research area, which promise to advance the field of evolutionary neurobiology.
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