Anatomical and functional investigation of the marmoset default mode network

Cirong Liu (), Cecil Chern-Chyi Yen, Diego Szczupak, Frank Q. Ye, David A. Leopold and Afonso C. Silva ()
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Cirong Liu: National Institutes of Health
Cecil Chern-Chyi Yen: National Institutes of Health
Diego Szczupak: National Institutes of Health
Frank Q. Ye: National Institutes of Health
David A. Leopold: National Institutes of Health
Afonso C. Silva: National Institutes of Health

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract The default mode network (DMN) is associated with a wide range of brain functions. In humans, the DMN is marked by strong functional connectivity among three core regions: medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), posterior parietal cortex (PPC), and the medial parietal and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC). Neuroimaging studies have shown that the DMN also exists in non-human primates, suggesting that it may be a conserved feature of the primate brain. Here, we found that, in common marmosets, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC; peak at A8aD) has robust fMRI functional connectivity and reciprocal anatomical connections with the posterior DMN core regions (PPC and PCC), while the mPFC has weak connections with the posterior DMN core regions. This strong dlPFC but weak mPFC connectivity in marmoset differs markedly from the stereotypical DMN in humans. The mPFC may be involved in brain functions that are further developed in humans than in other primates.

Date: 2019
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