Cortical control: learning from the lamprey

Gonçalo Lopes; Adam R Kampff

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.020

Cortical control: learning from the lamprey

Curr Biol. 2015 Mar 2;25(5):R203-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.020.

Authors

Gonçalo Lopes¹, Adam R Kampff²

Affiliations

¹ Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.
² Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: adam.kampff@neuro.fchampalimaud.org.

PMID: 25734271
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.020

Abstract

The function of the motor cortex has been a persistent mystery. A recent study has found striking correspondence between the descending projections of lamprey pallium and mammalian motor cortex, encouraging comparative studies of the origin (and role) of forebrain motor control.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Female
Lampreys / physiology*
Male
Pyramidal Cells / physiology*