The Role of Species Diversity in Neuroscience

30th Annual Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 2018. Special Topic Issue: Brain, Behavior and Evolution 2019, Vol. 93, No. 2-3

Georg F. Striedter, Todd M. Preuss (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

120 Seiten

2019
Karger, S (Verlag)
978-3-318-06546-6 (ISBN)

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Research in modern neuroscience focuses almost exclusively on a very small set of model species, but the rationale for the selection of these species is rarely discussed at length, even though many findings obtained in model species do not generalize to other species, including humans. To remedy this reticence, this Special Issue presents contributions from nine experts and their research groups. The papers review the history and philosophy of the model species approach, discuss concrete problems in the selection of appropriate species for research, highlight select findings from important model species, and make specific recommendations on how to increase species diversity in biological research. These writings represent a unique overview of the pros and cons of specific model species, and of the model species paradigm more generally. This publication should prove especially useful to scientists who are in the process of deciding which species should occupy their research attention.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	29 fig., 19 in color, 4 tab.
Verlagsort	Basel
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 280 mm
Gewicht	370 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
Schlagworte	evolutionary biology • Neurology • primatology
ISBN-10	3-318-06546-3 / 3318065463
ISBN-13	978-3-318-06546-6 / 9783318065466
Zustand	Neuware