Common marmosets are proving to be a vital key to unlocking the secrets of the human brain. Among monkeys, marmosets offer many advantages over other potential models. They are smaller and easier ...

The study provides new insights into the relationship between the timing of brain development and the socio-cognitive skills ...

About a decade ago, Japan became the first country to adopt the common marmoset as a neurological model for a major brain project. A New World primate originating from Brazil, marmosets are easier ...

In animal social systems, the care of offspring can occur either through independent breeding, involving only the parents, or through cooperative breeding, where the infants receive care from ...

This funding has enabled her to publish papers on necropsied marmoset brain splice results that are not transferable to human women. That these same experiments on cognition and menopause have already ...

(left) fMRI scans of marmosets awake and under different medications ... Mida, Dex, IsoDex and Propo show relatively good preservation of resting brain activity. (right) Head movement during ...

Successful imaging of resting state brain activity in marmosets on the table may require sedation to minimize animal distress. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...

Whether as a sponsor or donor, a member or volunteer, or an employee or fellow, you can make a difference. The marmoset, a type of small monkey native to South America, is a research model of ...