The common marmoset as a model of neurodegeneration

C Perez-Cruz, J de Dios Rodriguez-Callejas - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Human life expectancy has increased over the past few centuries, and the incidence of
dementia in the older population is also projected to continue to rise. Neurodegenerative …

How to model rheumatoid arthritis in animals: from rodents to non-human primates

T Zhao, Z **e, Y **, L Liu, Z Li, D Qin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease influenced by both
genetic and environmental factors. At present, rodent models are primarily used to study the …

CalliFACS: the common marmoset facial action coding system

C Correia-Caeiro, A Burrows, DA Wilson… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Facial expressions are subtle cues, central for communication and conveying emotions in
mammals. Traditionally, facial expressions have been classified as a whole (eg happy …

A glance at the gut microbiota of five experimental animal species through fecal samples

Z **ang, H Zhu, B Yang, H Fan, J Guo, J Liu, Q Kong… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Experimental animals including the ferret, marmoset, woodchuck, mini pig, and tree shrew
have been used in biomedical research. However, their gut microbiota have not been fully …

Decomposing cortical activity through neuronal tracing connectome-eigenmodes in marmosets

J **a, C Liu, J Li, Y Meng, S Yang, H Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Deciphering the complex relationship between neuroanatomical connections and functional
activity in primate brains remains a daunting task, especially regarding the influence of …

Cognitive control of complex motor behavior in marmoset monkeys

T Pomberger, C Risueno-Segovia, YB Gultekin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Marmosets have attracted significant interest in the life sciences. Similarities with human
brain anatomy and physiology, such as the granular frontal cortex, as well as the …

Decoding of muscle activity from the sensorimotor cortex in freely behaving monkeys

T Umeda, M Koizumi, Y Katakai, R Saito, K Seki - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Remarkable advances have recently been made in the development of Brain-Machine
Interface (BMI) technologies for restoring or enhancing motor function. However, the …

Sex differences in cognitive flexibility and resting brain networks in middle-aged marmosets

M LaClair, M Febo, B Nephew, NJ Gervais, G Poirier… - eneuro, 2019 - eneuro.org
Sex differences in human cognitive performance are well characterized. However, the
neural correlates of these differences remain elusive. This issue may be clarified using …

Long-term stability of neural signals from microwire arrays implanted in common marmoset motor cortex and striatum

S Debnath, NW Prins, E Pohlmeyer… - Biomedical physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Current neuroprosthetics rely on stable, high quality recordings from chronically implanted
microelectrode arrays (MEAs) in neural tissue. While chronic electrophysiological recordings …

A platform for semiautomated voluntary training of common marmosets for behavioral neuroscience

JD Walker, F Pirschel, N Gidmark… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Generally behavioral neuroscience studies of the common marmoset employ adaptations of
well-established training methods used with macaque monkeys. However, in many cases …