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Parrots have evolved a primate-like telencephalic-midbrain-cerebellar circuit
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Gutiérrez-Ibáñez C
; Iwaniuk AN
; Wylie DR
Sci Rep
2018[Jul]; 8
(1
): 9960
PMID29967361
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It is widely accepted that parrots show remarkable cognitive abilities. In
mammals, the evolution of complex cognitive abilities is associated with
increases in the size of the telencephalon and cerebellum as well as the pontine
nuclei, which connect these two regions. Parrots have relatively large
telencephalons that rival those of primates, but whether there are also
evolutionary changes in their telencephalon-cerebellar relay nuclei is unknown.
Like mammals, birds have two brainstem pontine nuclei that project to the
cerebellum and receive projections from the telencephalon. Unlike mammals, birds
also have a pretectal nucleus that connects the telencephalon with the
cerebellum: the medial spiriform nucleus (SpM). We found that SpM, but not the
pontine nuclei, is greatly enlarged in parrots and its relative size
significantly correlated with the relative size of the telencephalon across all
birds. This suggests that the telencephalon-SpM-cerebellar pathway of birds may
play an analogous role to cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathways of mammals in
controlling fine motor skills and complex cognitive processes. We conclude that
SpM is key to understanding the role of telencephalon-cerebellar pathways in the
evolution of complex cognitive abilities in birds.