Material below is adapted from the SfN Short Course Two-Photon Calcium Imaging in the Macaque Monkey, by Kristina J. Nielsen, PhD. Short Courses are daylong scientific trainings on emerging neuroscience topics and research techniques held the day before SfN’s annual meeting.
To learn more about the human brain, researchers often turn to looking at the brains of other primates, like the Rhesus macaque. Similar to the human brain in both organization and function, non-human primate brains can also be evaluated during tasks requiring complex thought, perception, and decision making. Understanding the neural circuitry underlying these processes will provide clues into the human brain, both its normal functioning and disruptions that lead to mental disorders. However, probing these circuits requires advanced techniques.
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