Evolution of prefrontal cortex

TM Preuss, SP Wise - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
Subdivisions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) evolved at different times. Agranular parts of the
PFC emerged in early mammals, and rodents, primates, and other modern mammals share …

[HTML][HTML] The marmoset monkey as a model for visual neuroscience

JF Mitchell, DA Leopold - Neuroscience research, 2015 - Elsevier
The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) has been valuable as a primate model in
biomedical research. Interest in this species has grown recently, in part due to the successful …

Divergence of rodent and primate medial frontal cortex functional connectivity

DJ Schaeffer, Y Hori, KM Gilbert… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
With the medial frontal cortex (MFC) centrally implicated in several major neuropsychiatric
disorders, it is critical to understand the extent to which MFC organization is comparable …

Evolution of increased glia–neuron ratios in the human frontal cortex

CC Sherwood, CD Stimpson… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Evidence from comparative studies of gene expression and evolution suggest that human
neocortical neurons may be characterized by unusually high levels of energy metabolism …

The nexus between decision making and emotion regulation: a review of convergent neurocognitive substrates

DGV Mitchell - Behavioural brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Emotional information, such as reward or punishment, gains rapid and often preferential
access to neurocognitive resources. This ability to quickly evaluate and integrate emotion …

Differential regulation of fronto-executive function by the monoamines and acetylcholine

TW Robbins, AC Roberts - Cerebral cortex, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is innervated by the monoamines, dopamine (DA),
noradrenaline (NA), and serotonin, as well as acetylcholine, and the marked influence of …

Of men and mice: modeling the fragile X syndrome

R Dahlhaus - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common forms of inherited intellectual
disability in all human societies. Caused by the transcriptional silencing of a single gene, the …

A simpler primate brain: the visual system of the marmoset monkey

SG Solomon, MGP Rosa - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Humans are diurnal primates with high visual acuity at the center of gaze. Although primates
share many similarities in the organization of their visual centers with other mammals, and …

Directional signals in the prefrontal cortex and in area MT during a working memory for visual motion task

D Zaksas, T Pasternak - Journal of Neuroscience, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurons in the middle temporal visual area (MT) have been implicated in the perception of
visual motion, whereas prefrontal cortex (PFC) neurons have been linked to temporary …

Neural response properties of primary, rostral, and rostrotemporal core fields in the auditory cortex of marmoset monkeys

D Bendor, X Wang - Journal of neurophysiology, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
The core region of primate auditory cortex contains a primary and two primary-like fields (AI,
primary auditory cortex; R, rostral field; RT, rostrotemporal field). Although it is reasonable to …