2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.01.008
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Abstract: The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) has been valuable as a primate model in biomedical research. Interest in this species has grown recently, in part due to the successful demonstration of transgenic marmosets. Here we examine the prospects of the marmoset model for visual neuroscience research, adopting a comparative framework to place the marmoset within a broader evolutionary context. The marmoset’s small brain bears most of the organizational features of other primates, and its smooth surface offers p… Show more

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“…There is some debate as to the suitability of marmosets, compared to more widely used animal models, especially the rhesus monkey for tapping into higher aspects of human cognition and rodents for functional dissection of neural circuitry. On the one hand, marmosets share with humans core features of brain architecture and function (Bendor and Wang, 2005; Chaplin et al, 2013; Mitchell and Leopold, 2015) and the complex social and cognitive behaviors typical of the primate Order (Digby, 1995; Digby and Barreto, 1993; Huber and Voelkl, 2009; Voelkl and Huber, 2007). On the other hand, marmosets are a unique species with their own distinct evolutionary history and behavioral repertoire.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There is some debate as to the suitability of marmosets, compared to more widely used animal models, especially the rhesus monkey for tapping into higher aspects of human cognition and rodents for functional dissection of neural circuitry. On the one hand, marmosets share with humans core features of brain architecture and function (Bendor and Wang, 2005; Chaplin et al, 2013; Mitchell and Leopold, 2015) and the complex social and cognitive behaviors typical of the primate Order (Digby, 1995; Digby and Barreto, 1993; Huber and Voelkl, 2009; Voelkl and Huber, 2007). On the other hand, marmosets are a unique species with their own distinct evolutionary history and behavioral repertoire.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because marmosets are small in body size (~300-400g), they can be housed in the laboratory in their species-typical family units that naturally give rise to rich interaction and social communication in laboratory conditions. The marmoset brain, though lissencephalic (smooth), possesses the shared neural architecture of primates (Chaplin et al, 2013; de la Mothe et al, 2006, 2012; Mitchell and Leopold, 2015; Solomon and Rosa, 2014), including potential homologous cortical substrates underlying complex perceptual processes, such as pitch discrimination (Bendor and Wang, 2005; Song et al, 2016; Wang and Walker, 2012). Modern technological methods make it feasible to track the activity of neural circuits under such conditions (Eliades and Wang, 2008a, b; Eliades and Wang, 2013; Miller et al, 2015; Roy and Wang, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They have become valuable animal models in vision research (Mitchell and Leopold, 2015). The study of vision-related cortical areas has detailed the visual representations in the primary visual cortex and extrastriate cortex (Yu et al, 2015).…”
Section: Q2mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…faces and voices), and in the control of hand and eye movements (e.g. Kaas, 2008 ;Wang et al, 2008 ;Kaas et al, 2011 ;Solomon and Rosa, 2014 ;Izpisua Belmonte et al, 2015 ;Mitchell and Leopold, 2015 ). To achieve an understanding of the anatomical bases of these and other functions, studies involving non-human primates are necessary.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Roberts et al, 2007 ;Burman and Rosa, 2009 ;Hung et al, 2015 ), a sophisticated visual cortex (e.g. Solomon and Rosa, 2014 ;Mitchell and Leopold, 2015 ), multiple cortical areas involved in planning and execution of movements (e.g. Bakola et al, 2015 ), and systems involved in deciphering complex patterns of vocal communication (e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%