‘Of mice and men -­ and birds, too: how to pack lots of neurons in tiny brains, and why that should matter

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

• Pr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Thursday 25 February 2016, 16:00-17:00
• Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, New Museum Site.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact cf262.

Brain size varies by over 100,000 times – and that’s across mammals alone. How does diversity in brain size come about in evolution? Are there any regularities across species, that is, characteristics that are shared by all mammalian brains, whatever their size or the species to which they belong? Conversely, are there characteristics that are particular to some mammalian groups, but not others? What are the rules that govern how brains are built?

At the Laboratory of Comparative Neuroanatomy we use quantitative morphological approaches to investigate the diversity of the nervous system across animals, its evolution and developmental origins.

This talk is part of the Zoology Department - Tea Talks series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• Zoology Department - Tea Talks
• All Talks (aka the CURE list)
• Biology
• Life Sciences
• Life Sciences
• ME Seminar
• Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, New Museum Site
• Zoology
• my_list
• other talks

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.