These are timelines of brain development events in different animal species.
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Mouse brain development timeline
The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') has a gestation period of 19 to 21 days. Key events in mouse brain development occur both before and after birth, beginning with peak neurogenesis of the cranial motor nuclei 9 days after conception, up to eye op ...
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Macaque brain development timeline
;Species: Macaca mulatta
;Family: Cercopithecidae
; Order: Primates
;Gestation: 165 days
Dates in days
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, retinal ganglion cell generation - start of neurogenesis
, Robinson and Drehe ...
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Human brain development timeline
Conception
Studies report that three primary structures are formed in the sixth gestational week. These are the forebrain, the midbrain, and the hindbrain, also known as the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and the rhombencephalon respectively. ...
See also
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Encephalization quotient
Encephalization quotient (EQ), encephalization level (EL), or just encephalization is a relative brain size measure that is defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regressi ...
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Evolution of the brain
There is much to be discovered about the evolution of the brain and the principles that govern it. While much has been discovered, not everything currently known is well understood. The evolution of the brain has appeared to exhibit diverging ada ...
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Neural development
The development of the nervous system, or neural development (neurodevelopment), refers to the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system of animals, from the earliest stages of embryonic development to adulthood. The fiel ...
External links
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Translating Neurodevelopmental Time Across Mammalian Species'
Vertebrate developmental biology
Embryology of nervous system
Developmental neuroscience
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