Topic: primary sensory regions

Sharing a common ancestor that lived approximately 320 million years ago, avian and mammalian lineages have independently developed seemingly different pallial structures that nonetheless support comparable cognitive functions. Investigating analogous functional architectures in avian brains presents a challenging yet promising avenue. Leveraging resting-state fMRI, a method facilitating direct cross-species comparisons, we aimed to explore Resting State Networks (RSNs) in pigeons. Our study sought to discern detectable RSNs in the awake pigeon brain and assess their spatial distribution. Our