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DTSTART:20131011T140000Z
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URL:http://www.lptms.universite-paris-saclay.fr/seminars/physics-biology-i
 nterface-seminar-roberto-toro/
SUMMARY:Physics-Biology interface seminar: Roberto Toro - Moyen Amphi\, Bui
 lding 510\, Université Paris-Saclay Orsay - 11 Oct 13 14:00
DESCRIPTION:Role of mechanical constraints on the establishment of neocorti
 cal organisation\nRoberto Toro (Institut Pasteur)\nThe mammalian brain is 
 astonishingly diverse. Not only its size varies several orders of magnitud
 e – from the 3 grams of the mouse brain to the 6 kg of the blue whale br
 ain – but also its geometry and function. There is indeed a striking\, l
 argely unexplained\, relationship between the folding of the mammalian bra
 in and its cellular\, functional and connective organisation. Brain foldin
 g appears as much more than a mere mechanical epiphenomenon\, and besides 
 its major evolutionary relevance\, many psychiatric disorders such as auti
 sm or schizophrenia\, are related to changes in brain folding.\nI will pre
 sent a brief overview of the developmental processes leading to the foldin
 g of the brain\, and show some examples of functional correlates of brain 
 folding in humans and other mammalian species. Finally\, I will discuss so
 me of the current theories proposed to explain the mechanism underlying th
 e relationship between brain geometry and brain organisation\, including o
 ur ongoing project on computational modelling and analysis of the developm
 ent of the ferret brain.
LOCATION:Moyen Amphi\, Building 510\, Université Paris-Saclay Orsay\, 15 R
 ue Georges Clemenceau\, orsay\, France
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