Bidirectional and parallel relationships in macaque face circuit revealed by fMRI and causal pharmacological inactivation

Ning Liu; Marlene Behrmann; Janita N. Turchi; Galia Avidan; Fadila Hadj-Bouziane; Leslie G. Ungerleider

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34451-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Bidirectional and parallel relationships in macaque face circuit revealed by fMRI and causal pharmacological inactivation

Ning Liu,
Marlene Behrmann,
Janita N. Turchi,
Galia Avidan,
Fadila Hadj-Bouziane,
Leslie G. Ungerleider

Affiliations

Ning Liu: Section on Neurocircuitry, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH
Marlene Behrmann: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh
Janita N. Turchi: Laboratory of Neuropsychology, NIMH, NIH
Galia Avidan: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Fadila Hadj-Bouziane: Section on Neurocircuitry, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH
Leslie G. Ungerleider: Section on Neurocircuitry, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34451-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The functional and causal relationships among the inferotemporal face patches remain elusive. Here, using fMRI and pharmacological inactivation, the authors discover an antero-posterior bidirectional and fundal-lateral parallel organization of these face patches.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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