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Mirror Neurons in Monkey Frontal and Parietal Areas.

Federica Tili, Monica Maranesi, Marco Lanzilotto, Carolina Giulia Ferroni, Alessandro Livi, Luca Bonini, Davide Albertini

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Federica TiliDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125, Parma, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-1472-8994
Monica MaranesiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125, Parma, Italy.
Marco LanzilottoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125, Parma, Italy.
Carolina Giulia FerroniCenter for Translational Neurophysiology, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Fossato di Mortara 19, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8862-2706
Alessandro LiviDepartment of Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Luca BoniniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125, Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3485-2127
Davide AlbertiniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Volturno 39, 43125, Parma, Italy. davide.albertini@unipr.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7625-3168

Funding

Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) 30604Fundação Bial (Bial Foundation) 403/24Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (Ministry of Education, University and Research) 2022Z8CXEMMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (Ministry of Education, University and Research) 22SP5K99
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mirror neurons (MNs) are a class of cells in the fronto-parietal regions of the primate brain that activate during both action execution and observation. Over three decades, numerous neurophysiological studies have investigated the properties of MNs, proposing their involvement in social interaction. However, variability in definitions, recorded brain regions, and response dynamics has posed challenges to replicating MN findings and achieving a comprehensive understanding of their properties. Here, we present a curated dataset of hundreds of single neurons from multielectrode recordings in three fronto-parietal areas (AIP, F5, F6) of macaques executing and observing a reach-to-grasp task. In addition to motor neurons, many cells responded to both executed and observed actions, thus fulfilling the MN criteria. The dataset includes spike times and behavioural events in HDF5 format, a standard for neuroscience data sharing, along with example MATLAB and Python code for dataset exploration and analysis. This resource offers a platform for investigating MNs across different brain areas and task conditions, enabling data-driven hypothesis-testing of their motor and social properties.

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Frontal LobeMirror NeuronsParietal LobeAnimalsMacacaMacaca mulatta

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PMID40517158
PMCPMC12167365

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