Journal article
Primate auditory prototype in the evolution of the arcuate fasciculus
Nature neuroscience, Vol.23(5), pp.611-614
05/01/2020
DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-0623-9
PMCID: PMC7195223
PMID: 32313267
Abstract
Balezeau et al. find a primate homolog of the human language pathway within the auditory system of monkeys and apes. This discovery pushes back the human language pathway's origin by about 20 million years and illuminates its remarkable evolutionary transformation.
The human arcuate fasciculus pathway is crucial for language, interconnecting posterior temporal and inferior frontal areas. Whether a monkey homolog exists is controversial and the nature of human-specific specialization unclear. Using monkey, ape and human auditory functional fields and diffusion-weighted MRI, we identified homologous pathways originating from the auditory cortex. This discovery establishes a primate auditory prototype for the arcuate fasciculus, reveals an earlier phylogenetic origin and illuminates its remarkable transformation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Primate auditory prototype in the evolution of the arcuate fasciculus
- Creators
- Fabien Balezeau - Newcastle UniversityBenjamin Wilson - Newcastle UniversityGuillermo Gallardo - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesFred Dick - Birkbeck, University of LondonWilliam Hopkins - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterAlfred Anwander - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesAngela D. Friederici - Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesTimothy D. Griffiths - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsChristopher I. Petkov - Newcastle University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nature neuroscience, Vol.23(5), pp.611-614
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41593-020-0623-9
- PMID
- 32313267
- PMCID
- PMC7195223
- NLM abbreviation
- Nat Neurosci
- ISSN
- 1097-6256
- eISSN
- 1546-1726
- Publisher
- NATURE PORTFOLIO
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- Max Planck Society; Foundation CELLEX R01-DC04290 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA European Research Council (MECHIDENT) BB/J009849/1 / BBSRC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) WT091681MA; WT092606AIA; WT110198 / Wellcome Trust; European Commission
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984360006502771
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