从化石到头脑,从化石到头脑
Alexandra A de Sousa1, Amélie Beaudet2,3, Tanya Calvey4
1Bath Spa University, Bath, UK. alexandraallisonsousa@gmail.com.
Communications biology
|June 13, 2023
概括
古神经科学使用化石大脑数据来了解灭绝的物种的认知和发展. 跨学科的方法和共享的数据加速了连接神经解剖学,基因和行为的发现.
科学领域:
- 古老神经病学 (paleoneurology) 是一种神经病学.
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 化石内提供了关于古代大脑的大小,形状,血管和化的见解.
- 了解大脑能量,认知专业化和发育可塑性需要将化石数据与实验和比较证据相结合.
- 古神经病学正在通过应用到化石记录的跨学科技术取得进展.
研究的目的:
- 探索由跨学科技术驱动的古神经病学的创新.
- 突出神经成像,实验模型和遗传学方法如何有助于理解灭绝的大脑.
- 强调古神经病学,遗传学和行为学的交叉点未来研究的潜力.
主要方法:
- 应用跨学科技术对化石内分泌物.
- 利用神经成像用于化石大脑组织和行为分析.
- 采用实验模型 (大脑有机体,转基因模型) 和遗传学比较方法.
- 将化石和考古学发现与比较的神经解剖学数据库相结合.
主要成果:
- 神经成像揭示了化石大脑的组织和行为.
- 实验模型允许研究已经灭绝的物种的大脑发育和生理学.
- 遗传学方法将基因型与表型,大脑与行为联系起来.
- 数字化收藏和在线数据库提高了化石和神经解剖学数据的可访问性.
结论:
- 古神经病学提供了新的研究管道,将神经解剖学,基因和行为连接起来.
- 科学界内的合作和数据共享加速了知识的获取.
- 古神经记录为未来的研究提供了重要的机会,使生物医学和生态科学受益.
- 了解大脑从古神经病学的综合性方法中受益.
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