Comparative connectomics of the primate social brain

C Yokoyama, JA Autio, T Ikeda, J Sallet, RB Mars… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Social interaction is thought to provide a selection pressure for human intelligence, yet little
is known about its neurobiological basis and evolution throughout the primate lineage …

Architecture and connectivity of the human angular gyrus and of its homolog region in the macaque brain

M Niu, N Palomero-Gallagher - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
The angular gyrus roughly corresponds to Brodmann's area 39, which is a multimodal
association brain region located in the posterior apex of the human inferior parietal lobe, at …

[HTML][HTML] A dopamine gradient controls access to distributed working memory in the large-scale monkey cortex

S Froudist-Walsh, DP Bliss, X Ding, L Rapan, M Niu… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Dopamine is required for working memory, but how it modulates the large-scale cortex is
unknown. Here, we report that dopamine receptor density per neuron, measured by …

Gradients of neurotransmitter receptor expression in the macaque cortex

S Froudist-Walsh, T Xu, M Niu, L Rapan, L Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dynamics and functions of neural circuits depend on interactions mediated by receptors.
Therefore, a comprehensive map of receptor organization across cortical regions is needed …

Cytoarchitectonic, receptor distribution and functional connectivity analyses of the macaque frontal lobe

L Rapan, S Froudist-Walsh, M Niu, T Xu, L Zhao… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Based on quantitative cyto-and receptor architectonic analyses, we identified 35 prefrontal
areas, including novel subdivisions of Walker's areas 10, 9, 8B, and 46. Statistical analysis …

Receptor architecture of macaque and human early visual areas: not equal, but comparable

L Rapan, M Niu, L Zhao, T Funck, K Amunts… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Existing cytoarchitectonic maps of the human and macaque posterior occipital cortex differ in
the number of areas they display, thus hampering identification of homolog structures. We …

MEBRAINS 1.0: a new population-based macaque atlas

PF Balan, Q Zhu, X Li, M Niu, L Rapan, T Funck… - Imaging …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Due to their fundamental relevance, the number of anatomical macaque brain templates is
constantly growing. Novel templates aim to alleviate limitations of previously published …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the interaction between the inferior parietal lobule and superior temporal gyrus in the multisensory Go/No-go task

J Sun, J Huang, A Wang, M Zhang, X Tang - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Information from multiple sensory modalities interacts. Using functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI), we aimed to identify the neural structures correlated with how …

Angular gyrus: an anatomical case study for association cortex

KS Rockland - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
The angular gyrus is associated with a spectrum of higher order cognitive functions. This
mini-review undertakes a broad survey of putative neuroanatomical substrates, guided by …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal mapping of macaque monkey somatosensory cortex

M Niu, L Rapan, S Froudist-Walsh, L Zhao… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The somatosensory cortex is a brain region responsible for receiving and processing
sensory information from across the body and is structurally and functionally heterogeneous …