BEIJING--AChineseresearchteamhassuccessfullydrawnanovelnetworkmapofamacaquebrainthatwillhelpexplainthemacroscopicorganizationalpatternsofthehumanbrain.Themap,createdbyresearchersattheChineseAcademyofSciences'InstituteofAutomation,dividedthemacaquebraininto304distinctregionsandquantitativelydepictedtheanatomicalandfunctionalconnectivitypatternsofeachregion.Complexhumanbehaviorisdrivenbydifferentfunctionalnetworksinthebrain.Thesenetworksareessentiallycollectionsofbrainregionsthatcommunicatewithoneanotherthroughfunctionalconnections.Asmacaquesarehighlysimilartohumansintermsofgenetics,physiologyandbrainstructure,thespeciesisanidealmodelforthestudyofthemechanismsofhumancognitivefunctionandcanbeusedinthesimulationofhumanbraindiseases,saidJiangTianzi,aresearcherattheinstitute.Thepanoramicbrainmapexpressingthespatialorganizationofthemacaquebrainisanimportantresearchresultasitcanbetranslatedforthestudyofthehumanbrain,Jiangsaid.Itaidsourunderstandingofbrainfunctionandwilladvanceimportantresearchfieldssuchastranslationalmedicine,cross-speciescomparisonandthedigitalmodelingofthebrain.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.