Konstantin N Zabegalov, Fabiano V Costa, Tatiana O Kolesnikova, Murilo S de Abreu, Elena V Petersen, Konstantin B Yenkoyan, Allan V Kalueff
Cerebral cortex is found only in mammals and most prominently present in humans. Various rodent models with fully or partially ablated cortex are commonly used to probe the role of cortex in brain functions and its multiple subcortical projections, including pallium, thalamus and the limbic system. Various rodent models are traditionally used to study the role of cortex in brain functions. A small teleost fish, the zebrafish (Danio rerio), has gained popularity in neuroscience research, and albeit (like other fishes), lacks cortex, its brain performs well some key functions (e...
February 12, 2024: Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry