The Evolutionary Roots of Human Brain Diseases

Foreword by Sten Grillner Introduction by the Editors, Nico J. Diederich, Martin Brüne, Katrin Amunts, Christopher G. Goetz Part I: Human Brain Evolution: From Anatomy to Function Chapter 1: Human Telencephalization Katrin Amunts and Felix Ströckens Chapter 2: Evolutionary Aspects of Glial Expansion Pierre Magistretti, Patrick Hof , Corrado Cali, and Nicole Ackermans Chapter 3: The Contribution of Mitochondrial Evolution and Dysfunction to Neurodegeneration Anne Grünewald, Sandro Pereira, and Kobi Wasner Chapter 4: Intrinsic Templates for Neurodegenerations Featuring Disease-specific Axonal or Dendritic Vulnerability Toshiki Uchihara Chapter 5: Differences in Brain Gene Expression Between Humans and Primates Geneviève Konopka and Emre Caglayan Chapter 6: Adapative Archaic Introgression Olga Dolgova and Oscar Lao Chapter 7: Goal-directed and Habitual Behaviors: Anatomical and Functional Circuits in Health and Neurological Disease Ledia F. Hernandez and Ignacio Obeso Part II: How Human Brain Diseases Are Impacted By Human Evolution Chapter 8: Alzheimer's Disease, the Parietal Lobes, and the Evolution of the Human Genus Emiliano Bruner and Heidi I.L. Jacobs Chapter 9: Parkinson's Disease - Overstrain Focused of Basal Ganglia and Brainstem Nuclei Nico J. Diederich and Christopher G. Goetz Chapter 10: Brain Diseases Associated with Unstable Repeats Peng Jin, Katharine Shelly, and Emily G. Allen Chapter 11: The Properties of Cortico-Motoneuronal Connections and Their Evolutionary Significance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Roger Lemon Chapter 12: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder - Nocturnal Replay of a "Fight and Flee" Nico Diederich and Isabelle Arnulf Chapter 13: Mood Disorders: An Evolutionary Psycho-Neuro-Immunological Approach Markus J Rantala Javier I. Borráz-León Chapter 14: Schizophrenia - Embracing the Spectrum John S. Allen Chapter 15: Williams Syndrome and Autism - Dysfunction of Frontal Networks Katerina Semendeferi and Isabel August Chapter 16: ADHD - An Evolutionary View Annie Swanepoel Chapter 17: Addiction - Diverted Reward and Motivation Principles Roger Sullivan and Edward Hagen Part 3: Consequences and perspectives on research and clinical sciences Chapter 18: Conditions of Comparative Brain Connectomics Kathleen Rockland, Daniel Zachlod, and Katrin Amunts Chapter 19: Are Evolutionary Concepts Helfpul in Designing Preventive Strategies for Brain Diseases? Gilberto Levy and Bruce Levin Chapter 20: Evolutionary Aspects of Neuro-Psychopharmocology Martin Brüne, Riadh Abed, and Paul St. John-Smith Chapter 21: Ongoing Human Evolution? Frank Rühli, Maciej Henneberg, and Nicole Bender Chapter 22: Human Cultural Evolution Outpaces Biological Evolution: A Brain Connectomic Approach Jean-Pierre Changeux Chapter 23: Concluding Remarks and Future Directions Martin Brüne, Katrin Amunts, Nico J. Diederich, and Christopher G. Goetz