Brains frozen in time: vertebrate neural adaptations to invading land

大脑及时冻结：脊椎动物神经适应入侵土地

• 批准号: DP200103398
• 负责人: Prof John Long
• 金额: $ 28.65万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-06-18 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200103398
• 关键词: Brains; frozen; time; vertebrate; neural

The evolution of terrestrial animals from fish was one of the most significant events in our evolution, yet little is known about how the brain evolved during this transition. This project aims to investigate the major novelties acquired in the evolution of the early vertebrate brain in order to determine the functional reasons for such changes, as well as identifying the timing and environmental factors driving such changes. This project expects to generate new knowledge on the anatomy of the vertebrate brain with improved methods for reconstructing fossil brains to better understand our own neurological evolution. Expected outcomes include enhanced institutional collaborations within Australia, and between Australia, Canada and the USA.

从鱼类进化为陆地动物是人类进化史上最重要的事件之一，但人们对大脑在这一转变过程中是如何进化的知之甚少。该项目旨在研究早期脊椎动物大脑进化中获得的主要新奇事物，以确定这种变化的功能原因，以及确定驱动这种变化的时间和环境因素。该项目希望通过改进重建化石大脑的方法来产生关于脊椎动物大脑解剖的新知识，以更好地了解我们自己的神经进化。预期成果包括加强澳大利亚国内以及澳大利亚、加拿大和美国之间的机构合作。