Comparative Neuroanatomy

比较神经解剖学

• 批准号: CRC-2018-00023
• 负责人: Iwaniuk, Andrew
• 金额: $ 7.29万
• 依托单位: University of Lethbridge
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695160
• 关键词: Comparative; Neuroanatomy

The brain varies in size and shape more so than any other organ. However, despite our advancements in neuroscience, we still know very little about why the anatomy of the brain varies so much across species. My research program aims to close this knowledge gap using state-of-the-art imaging technology and one of the largest comparative brain collections in the world, housed in my lab. The studies I have proposed will greatly improve our understanding of how and why the brain has evolved into its diversity of forms and sizes and yield novel insights into the genes responsible for this variation.

大脑在大小和形状上的变化比任何其他器官都要多。然而，尽管我们在神经科学方面取得了进步，但我们仍然对为什么不同物种的大脑解剖结构差异如此之大知之甚少。我的研究计划旨在利用最先进的成像技术和世界上最大的比较大脑收藏之一来缩小这一知识差距，该收藏位于我的实验室。我提出的研究将极大地提高我们对大脑如何以及为什么进化成各种形式和大小的理解，并对导致这种变化的基因产生新的见解。