A bright future for the tree shrew in neuroscience research: Summary from the inaugural Tree Shrew Users Meeting

Tree shrews (Tupaia spp.) have been used in neuroscience research since the 1960s due to their evolutionary proximity to primates. The use of and interest in this animal model have recently increased, in part due to the adaptation of modern neuroscience tools in this species. These tools include qua...

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Autores principales: Savier, Elise, Sedigh-Sarvestani, Madineh, Wimmer, Ralf, Fitzpatrick, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8317191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34213094
http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.178
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description Tree shrews (Tupaia spp.) have been used in neuroscience research since the 1960s due to their evolutionary proximity to primates. The use of and interest in this animal model have recently increased, in part due to the adaptation of modern neuroscience tools in this species. These tools include quantitative behavioral assays, calcium imaging, optogenetics and transgenics. To facilitate the exchange and development of these new technologies and associated research findings, we organized the inaugural “Tree Shrew Users Meeting” which was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we review this meeting and discuss the history of tree shrews as an animal model in neuroscience research and summarize the current themes being investigated using this animal, as well as future directions.
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spelling pubmed-83171912021-07-30 A bright future for the tree shrew in neuroscience research: Summary from the inaugural Tree Shrew Users Meeting Savier, Elise Sedigh-Sarvestani, Madineh Wimmer, Ralf Fitzpatrick, David Zool Res News Tree shrews (Tupaia spp.) have been used in neuroscience research since the 1960s due to their evolutionary proximity to primates. The use of and interest in this animal model have recently increased, in part due to the adaptation of modern neuroscience tools in this species. These tools include quantitative behavioral assays, calcium imaging, optogenetics and transgenics. To facilitate the exchange and development of these new technologies and associated research findings, we organized the inaugural “Tree Shrew Users Meeting” which was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we review this meeting and discuss the history of tree shrews as an animal model in neuroscience research and summarize the current themes being investigated using this animal, as well as future directions. Science Press 2021-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8317191/ /pubmed/34213094 http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.178 Text en Editorial Office of Zoological Research, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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