A prominent vertical occipital white matter fasciculus unique to primate brains

H Takemura, T Kaneko, CC Sherwood, GA Johnson… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Vision in humans and other primates enlists parallel processing streams in the dorsal and
ventral visual cortex, known to support spatial and object processing, respectively. These …

Temporal fingerprints of cortical gyrification in marmosets and humans

Q Wang, S Zhao, T Liu, J Han, C Liu - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent neuroimaging studies in humans have reported distinct temporal dynamics of gyri
and sulci, which may be associated with putative functions of cortical gyrification. However …

Anatomy of nerve fiber bundles at micrometer-resolution in the vervet monkey visual system

H Takemura, N Palomero-Gallagher, M Axer, D Gräßel… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Although the primate visual system has been extensively studied, detailed spatial
organization of white matter fiber tracts carrying visual information between areas has not …

[HTML][HTML] Age dependency and lateralization in the three branches of the human superior longitudinal fasciculus

K Amemiya, E Naito, H Takemura - Cortex, 2021 - Elsevier
The superior longitudinal fascicle/fasciculus (SLF) is a major white matter tract connecting
the frontal and parietal cortices in humans. Although the SLF has often been analyzed as a …

Parvalbumin as a neurochemical marker of the primate optic radiation

G Ma, KH Worthy, C Liu, MGP Rosa, N Atapour - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Parvalbumin (PV) is a calcium-binding protein that labels neuronal cell bodies in the magno
and parvocellular layers of the primate lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). Here we …

Cortical neural dynamics unveil the rhythm of natural visual behavior in marmosets

T Kaneko, M Komatsu, T Yamamori, N Ichinohe… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Numerous studies have shown that the visual system consists of functionally distinct ventral
and dorsal streams; however, its exact spatial-temporal dynamics during natural visual …

Development of white matter tracts between and within the dorsal and ventral streams

S Vinci-Booher, B Caron, D Bullock, K James… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
The degree of interaction between the ventral and dorsal visual streams has been discussed
in multiple scientific domains for decades. Recently, several white matter tracts that directly …

Additional fiber orientations in the sagittal stratum—noise or anatomical fine structure?

S Caspers, M Axer, D Gräßel, K Amunts - Brain Structure and Function, 2022 - Springer
The sagittal stratum is a prominent and macroscopically clearly visible white-matter structure
within occipital and parietal lobes with a highly organized structure of parallel fibers running …

White matter connections of high-level visual areas predict cytoarchitecture better than category-selectivity in childhood, but not adulthood

E Kubota, M Grotheer, D Finzi, VS Natu… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ventral temporal cortex (VTC) consists of high-level visual regions that are arranged in
consistent anatomical locations across individuals. This consistency has led to several …

Tractometry of Human Visual White Matter Pathways in Health and Disease

H Takemura, JA Kruper, T Miyata… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI) provides a unique non-invasive view of human brain tissue
properties. The present review article focuses on tractometry analysis methods that use …