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Corticocortical and Thalamocortical Changes in Functional Connectivity and White Matter Structural Integrity after Reward-Guided Learning of Visuospatial Discriminations in Rhesus Monkeys (2020)
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Pelekanos, V., Premereur, E., Mitchell, D. J., Chakraborty, S., Mason, S., Lee, A. C., & Mitchell, A. S. (2020). Corticocortical and Thalamocortical Changes in Functional Connectivity and White Matter Structural Integrity after Reward-Guided Learning of Visuospatial Discriminations in Rhesus Monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(41), 7887-7901. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0364-20.2020

The frontal cortex and temporal lobes together regulate complex learning and memory capabilities. Here, we collected resting-state functional and diffusion-weighted MRI data before and after male rhesus macaque monkeys received extensive training to... Read More about Corticocortical and Thalamocortical Changes in Functional Connectivity and White Matter Structural Integrity after Reward-Guided Learning of Visuospatial Discriminations in Rhesus Monkeys.

Rapid event-related, BOLD fMRI, non-human primates (NHP): choose two out of three (2020)
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Joly, O., Pelekanos, V., Kyriazis, D., Mok, R. M., Kriegeskorte, N., Ainsworth, M., …Kelly, M. G. (2020). Rapid event-related, BOLD fMRI, non-human primates (NHP): choose two out of three. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 7485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64376-8

Human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) typically employs the blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) contrast mechanism. In non-human primates (NHP), contrast enhancement is possible using monocrystalline iron-oxide nanoparticles (MION) contr... Read More about Rapid event-related, BOLD fMRI, non-human primates (NHP): choose two out of three.

Regulation of auditory plasticity during critical periods and following hearing loss (2020)
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Persic, D., Thomas, M. E., Pelekanos, V., Ryugo, D. K., Takesian, A. E., Krumbholz, K., & Pyott, S. J. (2020). Regulation of auditory plasticity during critical periods and following hearing loss. Hearing Research, 397, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2020.107976

Sensory input has profound effects on neuronal organization and sensory maps in the brain. The mechanisms regulating plasticity of the auditory pathway have been revealed by examining the consequences of altered auditory input during both development... Read More about Regulation of auditory plasticity during critical periods and following hearing loss.

Effective chair training methods for neuroscience research involving rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (2019)
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Mason, S., Premereur, E., Pelekanos, V., Emberton, A., Honess, P., & Mitchell, A. S. (2019). Effective chair training methods for neuroscience research involving rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 317, 82-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.02.001

© 2019 The Authors Background: Neuroscience research using macaques remains fundamental in our endeavours to understand how the human brain functions. Applying the refinement principle of the 3Rs is essential to optimise the monkeys’ welfare and stil... Read More about Effective chair training methods for neuroscience research involving rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

Brightness masking is modulated by disparity structure (2015)
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Pelekanos, V., Ban, H., & Welchman, A. E. (2015). Brightness masking is modulated by disparity structure. Vision Research, 110(Part A), 87-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2015.02.010

The luminance contrast at the borders of a surface strongly influences surface’s apparent brightness, as demonstrated by a number of classic visual illusions. Such phenomena are compatible with a propagation mechanism believed to spread contrast info... Read More about Brightness masking is modulated by disparity structure.