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Brain Structure and Function
Published in: Brain Structure and Function 8/2021

Open Access 01-11-2021 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Original Article

Diffusion MRI data, sulcal anatomy, and tractography for eight species from the Primate Brain Bank

Authors: Katherine L. Bryant, Dirk Jan Ardesch, Lea Roumazeilles, Lianne H. Scholtens, Alexandre A. Khrapitchev, Benjamin C. Tendler, Wenchuan Wu, Karla L. Miller, Jerome Sallet, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Rogier B. Mars

Published in: Brain Structure and Function | Issue 8/2021

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Abstract

Large-scale comparative neuroscience requires data from many species and, ideally, at multiple levels of description. Here, we contribute to this endeavor by presenting diffusion and structural MRI data from eight primate species that have not or rarely been described in the literature. The selected samples from the Primate Brain Bank cover a prosimian, New and Old World monkeys, and a great ape. We present preliminary labelling of the cortical sulci and tractography of the optic radiation, dorsal part of the cingulum bundle, and dorsal parietal–frontal and ventral temporal-frontal longitudinal white matter tracts. Both dorsal and ventral association fiber systems could be observed in all samples, with the dorsal tracts occupying much less relative volume in the prosimian than in other species. We discuss the results in the context of known primate specializations and present hypotheses for further research. All data and results presented here are available online as a resource for the scientific community.
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Metadata
Title
Diffusion MRI data, sulcal anatomy, and tractography for eight species from the Primate Brain Bank
Authors
Katherine L. Bryant
Dirk Jan Ardesch
Lea Roumazeilles
Lianne H. Scholtens
Alexandre A. Khrapitchev
Benjamin C. Tendler
Wenchuan Wu
Karla L. Miller
Jerome Sallet
Martijn P. van den Heuvel
Rogier B. Mars
Publication date
01-11-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Brain Structure and Function / Issue 8/2021
Print ISSN: 1863-2653
Electronic ISSN: 1863-2661
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02268-x

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