The dorsal striatum, the largest subcortical structure of the basal ganglia, is critical in
controlling motor, procedural, and reinforcement-based behaviors. Although in mammals the …

Highlights•Tail of the striatum (TS) is the sensory domain of the striatum.•TS may signal
stimulus-associated salience predictions to induce attentional shifts.•TS and TS-projecting …

Optogenetics has revolutionized neuroscience in small laboratory animals, but its effect on
animal models more closely related to humans, such as non-human primates (NHPs), has …

The primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) is situated at the core of higher brain functions via neural
circuits such as those linking the caudate nucleus and mediodorsal thalamus. However, the …

For successful adaptive behavior, exogenous environmental events must be sensed and
reacted to as efficiently as possible. In the lab, the mechanisms underlying such efficiency …

Recent years have seen a profound resurgence of activity with nonhuman primates (NHPs)
to model human brain disorders. From marmosets to macaques, the study of NHP species …

Recent studies have suggested that the basal ganglia, the center of stimulus-reward
associative learning, are involved in social behavior. However, the role of the basal ganglia …

Animals evolve to survive in their environment. Accordingly, a reasonable hypothesis is that
brain evolution prioritises the processing of useful sensory information over complete …

Numerous studies have shown that the visual system consists of functionally distinct ventral
and dorsal streams; however, its exact spatial-temporal dynamics during natural visual …

To improve the initiation and speed of intended action, one of the crucial mechanisms is
suppressing unwanted movements that interfere with goal-directed behavior, which is …