Recent techniques for tracing pathways in the central nervous system of develo** and adult mammals

A Vercelli, M Repici, D Garbossa, A Grimaldi - Brain research bulletin, 2000 - Elsevier
Over the last 20 years, the choice of neural tracers has increased manyfold, and includes
newly introduced anterograde tracers that allow quantitation of single-axon morphologies …

Validation strategies for the interpretation of microstructure imaging using diffusion MRI

TB Dyrby, GM Innocenti, M Bech, H Lundell - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Extracting microanatomical information beyond the image resolution of MRI would provide
valuable tools for diagnostics and neuroscientific research. A number of mathematical …

Diameter, length, speed, and conduction delay of callosal axons in macaque monkeys and humans: comparing data from histology and magnetic resonance imaging …

R Caminiti, F Carducci, C Piervincenzi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Three macaque monkeys and 13 healthy human volunteers underwent diffusion tensor MRI
with a 3 Tesla scanner for diffusion tract tracing (DTT) reconstruction of callosal bundles from …

Axon morphology is modulated by the local environment and impacts the noninvasive investigation of its structure–function relationship

M Andersson, HM Kjer… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Axonal conduction velocity, which ensures efficient function of the brain network, is related to
axon diameter. Noninvasive, in vivo axon diameter estimates can be made with diffusion …

Evolution amplified processing with temporally dispersed slow neuronal connectivity in primates

R Caminiti, H Ghaziri, R Galuske… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The corpus callosum (CC) provides the main route of communication between the 2
hemispheres of the brain. In monkeys, chimpanzees, and humans, callosal axons of distinct …

Axon branching and synaptic bouton phenotypes in GABAergic nonpyramidal cell subtypes

F Karube, Y Kubota, Y Kawaguchi - Journal of Neuroscience, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
GABAergic nonpyramidal cells, cortical interneurons, consist of heterogeneous subtypes
differing in their axonal field and target selectivity. It remains to be investigated how the …

Neurons immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in the rat primary somatosensory cortex: Morphology and spatial relationship to barrel‐related columns

T Bayraktar, E Welker, TF Freund… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in neocortex affects neuronal excitability as well as
cortical blood flow and metabolism. Interneurons immunoreactive for VIP (VIP‐IR neurons) …

Diversity of cortico-descending projections: histological and diffusion MRI characterization in the monkey

GM Innocenti, R Caminiti, EM Rouiller, G Knott… - Cerebral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The axonal composition of cortical projections originating in premotor, supplementary motor
(SMA), primary motor (a4), somatosensory and parietal areas and descending towards the …

The role of pattern vision in the development ofcortico‐cortical connections

PD Zufferey, F **, H Nakamura… - European Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The development of cortico‐cortical connections was studied in kittens deprived of vision by
binocular eyelid suture during the formation of axonal arbors and synaptogenesis, ie …

Visual inter-hemispheric processing: constraints and potentialities set by axonal morphology

JC Houzel, C Milleret - Journal of Physiology-Paris, 1999 - Elsevier
The largest bundle of axonal fibers in the entire mammalian brain, namely the corpus
callosum, is the pathway through which almost half a billion neurons scattered over all …