Chinese researchers create a 304-region macaque brain map for studying human cognitive function and simulating diseases.

Chinese researchers have created a comprehensive network map of a macaque brain, dividing it into 304 distinct regions to understand human brain's macroscopic organizational patterns. Macaques, genetically and structurally similar to humans, are ideal models for studying human cognitive function and simulating human brain diseases. This map can advance translational medicine, cross-species comparison, and digital modeling of the brain.