Frontoparietal connectivity as a product of convergent evolution in rodents and primates: functional connectivity topologies in grey squirrels, rats, and marmosets

David J. Schaeffer; Kyle M. Gilbert; Miranda Bellyou; Afonso C. Silva; Stefan Everling

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03949-x

Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Frontoparietal connectivity as a product of convergent evolution in rodents and primates: functional connectivity topologies in grey squirrels, rats, and marmosets

David J. Schaeffer,
Kyle M. Gilbert,
Miranda Bellyou,
Afonso C. Silva,
Stefan Everling

Affiliations

David J. Schaeffer: Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Kyle M. Gilbert: Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
Miranda Bellyou: Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
Afonso C. Silva: Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Stefan Everling: Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03949-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Comparisons of frontoparietal connectivity between marmosets, rats and grey squirrels suggest the formation of a common frontoparietal network architecture among arboreal species (grey squirrels and marmosets) that might reflect convergent evolution.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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