Neuronal Connectivity, Brain Size, & Gender
An article was published just this month in Frontiers by Hänggi et al. titled, “The hypothesis of neuronal interconnectivity as a function of brain size– A general organization principle of the […]
Tag Archives: corpus callosum
Where Have All the Axons Gone in Autism?
Okay, I’ll admit, the study of neurite (i.e., axon and dendrite) formation isn’t my area of expertise. My background is more in neuropathology and genetics. But I had been working […]
Maternal Inflammation during Pregnancy, Autism, & Big Brains
A paper published this month in Stem Cell Reports by Le Belle et al. out of UCLA suggests that maternal inflammation during pregnancy, such as occurs during an acute illness […]
The Embryonic Origins of Autism
Before I get to the autism stuff, I’m going to give you some background. In last week’s blog, I tried to explain the links in development between my hairless mice […]
BRAINS, BRAINS, BRAINS!!! Evolution of the Human and Mammalian Brain
Why is the brain so fascinating? As far as humans go, even though paleoanthropologists consider “bipedalism” to be the earliest characteristic which made the line of Homo unique, we all […]
