Allocating structure to function: The strong links between neuroplasticity and natural selection

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Anderson, Michael L ^a,b   Finlay, Barbara L ^c  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Evo devo; Modularity; Neural re use; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION;

EID: 84892712320     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00918     Document Type: Article

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