Anatomical and functional investigation of the marmoset default mode network

Cirong Liu; Cecil Chern-Chyi Yen; Diego Szczupak; Frank Q. Ye; David A. Leopold; Afonso C. Silva

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09813-7

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Anatomical and functional investigation of the marmoset default mode network

Cirong Liu,
Cecil Chern-Chyi Yen,
Diego Szczupak,
Frank Q. Ye,
David A. Leopold,
Afonso C. Silva

Affiliations

Cirong Liu: Cerebral Microcirculation Section, Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Cecil Chern-Chyi Yen: Cerebral Microcirculation Section, Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Diego Szczupak: Cerebral Microcirculation Section, Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Frank Q. Ye: Neurophysiology Imaging Facility, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
David A. Leopold: Neurophysiology Imaging Facility, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Afonso C. Silva: Cerebral Microcirculation Section, Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09813-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The default mode network (DMN) is a core brain network in humans. Here, the authors show that marmoset primates also possess a DMN-like network but, unlike in the human DMN, dlPFC is a more prominent node than mPFC, suggesting mPFC is more developed in humans than in other primates.

Published in Nature Communications

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