Abstract
There are currently largescale efforts to understand the brain as a connection machine. However, there has been little emphasis on understanding connection patterns between functionally specific cortical columns. Here, we review development and application of focal electrical and optical stimulation methods combined with optical imaging and fMRI mapping in the non-human primate. These new approaches, when applied systematically on a large scale, will elucidate functionally specific intra-areal and interareal network connection patterns. Such functionally specific network data can provide accurate views of brain network topology.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | A135 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | November |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 16 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cortical column
- FMRI
- Infrared neural stimulation
- Microstimulation
- Monkey
- Optical imaging
- Optical stimulation
- Optogenetics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anatomy
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience