The superior longitudinal fascicle: reconsidering the fronto-parietal neural network based on anatomy and function

R Nakajima, M Kinoshita, H Shinohara… - Brain imaging and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Due primarily to the extensive disposition of fibers and secondarily to the methodological
preferences of researchers, the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) subdivisions have …

Biological constraints on neural network models of cognitive function

F Pulvermüller, R Tomasello… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Neural network models are potential tools for improving our understanding of complex brain
functions. To address this goal, these models need to be neurobiologically realistic …

Noninvasive quantification of axon radii using diffusion MRI

J Veraart, D Nunes, U Rudrapatna, E Fieremans… - elife, 2020‏ - elifesciences.org
Axon caliber plays a crucial role in determining conduction velocity and, consequently, in the
timing and synchronization of neural activation. Noninvasive measurement of axon radii …

Detailed map** of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain

C Eichner, M Paquette, C Müller-Axt, C Bock… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Long-standing questions about human brain evolution may only be resolved through
comparisons with close living evolutionary relatives, such as chimpanzees. This applies in …

[HTML][HTML] XTRACT-Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain

S Warrington, KL Bryant, AA Khrapitchev, J Sallet… - Neuroimage, 2020‏ - Elsevier
We present a new software package with a library of standardised tractography protocols
devised for the robust automated extraction of white matter tracts both in the human and the …

Evolutionary expansion of connectivity between multimodal association areas in the human brain compared with chimpanzees

DJ Ardesch, LH Scholtens, L Li, TM Preuss… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
The development of complex cognitive functions during human evolution coincides with
pronounced encephalization and expansion of white matter, the brain's infrastructure for …

Connectivity fingerprints: from areal descriptions to abstract spaces

RB Mars, RE Passingham, S Jbabdi - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2018‏ - cell.com
Fifteen years ago, Passingham and colleagues proposed that brain areas can be described
in terms of their unique pattern of input and output connections with the rest of the brain, and …

Effects of early language deprivation on brain connectivity: Language pathways in deaf native and late first-language learners of American Sign Language

Q Cheng, A Roth, E Halgren… - Frontiers in Human …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Previous research has identified ventral and dorsal white matter tracts as being crucial for
language processing; their maturation correlates with increased language processing …

Controversy over the temporal cortical terminations of the left arcuate fasciculus: a reappraisal

D Giampiccolo, H Duffau - Brain, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The arcuate fasciculus has been considered a major dorsal fronto-temporal white matter
pathway linking frontal language production regions with auditory perception in the superior …

Primate auditory prototype in the evolution of the arcuate fasciculus

F Balezeau, B Wilson, G Gallardo, F Dick… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The human arcuate fasciculus pathway is crucial for language, interconnecting posterior
temporal and inferior frontal areas. Whether a monkey homolog exists is controversial and …