Dr. Roger W. Sperry (1913-1994) was a Professor of Psychobiology Biology at the California Institute of Technology, USA. Throughout his career, he made important contributions to at least three major areas of research, including developmental neurobiology, experimental psychobiology, and human split-brain studies.
Dr. Sperry performed experiments on cats, monkeys, and humans to study functional differences between the two hemispheres of the brain. In 1981 he received a Nobel Prize Award recognizing the groundbreaking research on the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.
His fundamental findings opened the door for the development of theories of consciousness and cerebral specialization, cognitive science, and clinical neurology. Dr. Sperry`s work is an inspiration to scientists who investigate the conscious process and brain functions.
This Research Topic aims to highlight and build on Dr. Sperry`s legacy of split-brain research in animal models. The goal is to spotlight recent advances and methods in research on interhemispheric transfer, anatomical organization of the corpus callosum, its role in the neurodevelopment and the lateralization of brain functions.
The topic will include, but not limited to:
• Animal models to study the consequences of commissurotomy.
• Mechanisms of interhemispheric transfer of brain functions.
• The role of the corpus callosum in the interhemispheric transfer
• Neuroplasticity in animal models of callosal dysgenesis.
• Anatomical organization of the corpus callosum across all species.
• Neurodevelopmental outcomes in the agenesis of the corpus callosum.
Dr. Roger W. Sperry (1913-1994) was a Professor of Psychobiology Biology at the California Institute of Technology, USA. Throughout his career, he made important contributions to at least three major areas of research, including developmental neurobiology, experimental psychobiology, and human split-brain studies.
Dr. Sperry performed experiments on cats, monkeys, and humans to study functional differences between the two hemispheres of the brain. In 1981 he received a Nobel Prize Award recognizing the groundbreaking research on the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.
His fundamental findings opened the door for the development of theories of consciousness and cerebral specialization, cognitive science, and clinical neurology. Dr. Sperry`s work is an inspiration to scientists who investigate the conscious process and brain functions.
This Research Topic aims to highlight and build on Dr. Sperry`s legacy of split-brain research in animal models. The goal is to spotlight recent advances and methods in research on interhemispheric transfer, anatomical organization of the corpus callosum, its role in the neurodevelopment and the lateralization of brain functions.
The topic will include, but not limited to:
• Animal models to study the consequences of commissurotomy.
• Mechanisms of interhemispheric transfer of brain functions.
• The role of the corpus callosum in the interhemispheric transfer
• Neuroplasticity in animal models of callosal dysgenesis.
• Anatomical organization of the corpus callosum across all species.
• Neurodevelopmental outcomes in the agenesis of the corpus callosum.