Dr. Todd M. Preuss


Publications

Rosen RF, Farberg AS, Gearing M, Dooyema J, Long PM, Anderson DC, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Pare J, Duong TQ, Hopkins W, Preuss TM, Walker LC  2008. Tauopathy with paired helical filaments in an aged chimpanzee. Journal of Comparative Neurology 508: 259-270.

Rilling, J. K., Glasser, M. F., Preuss, T. M., Ma, X., Zhao, T., Hu, X., and Behrens, T. E. 2008. The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI. Nature Neuroscience 11:426-428.

Kaas, JH, Preuss, TM  2008. Human brain evolution.  In: Squire LR, Berg D, Bloom FE, du Lac S, Ghosh A, Spizer NC, editors.  Fundamental Neuroscience, Third Edition, pp.  1019-1037.  Amsterdam: Academic Preuss.  Request reprint

Rilling, J.K., Barks, S.K., Parr, L.A., Preuss, T.M., Faber, T.l., Pagnoni, G., Bremner, J.D., and Votaw, J.R.  2007. A comparison of resting state brain activity in humans and chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(43):17146-51.  Get PDF.

Calarco, J.A., Xing, Y., Caceres, M., Xiao, X., Pan, Q., Lee, C., Preuss, T.M., and Blencowe, B.J.  2007. Alternative splicing differences between humans and chimpanzees affect transcripts from functionally diverse genes. Genes and Development 21(22):2963-75.  Get PDF.

Preuss TM. 2007. Primate brain evolution in phylogenetic context. In: Kaas JH, Preuss TM, editors. Evolution of Nervous Sytems Vol 4: The Evolution of Primate Nervous Systems. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 3-34.   Request reprint

Kaas JH, Preuss TM, editors. 2007. Evolution of Nervous Systems, Vol. 4: The Evolution of Primate Nervous Systems. Oxford: Elsevier.

Preuss TM. 2007. Evolutionary specializations of primate brain systems. In: Ravosa MJ, Dagosto M, editors. Primate Origins: Evolution and Adaptations. New York: Springer, pp. 625-675.  Request reprint

Caceres M, Suwyn C, Maddox M, Thomas JW, Preuss TM. 2007. Increased cortical expression of two synaptogenic thrombospondins in human brain evolution. Cerebral Cortex 17:2312-2321 [Epub 2006 Dec 20].  Get PDF file [1.8 MB].

Stepniewska I, Preuss TM, Kaas JH. 2007. Thalamic connections of the dorsal and ventral premotor areas in New World owl monkeys.  Neuroscience 147(3):727-45.  Get PDF file.

Preuss TM. 2006. Who's afraid of Homo sapiens? Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration, vol. 1 (available online).  Get PDF file.

Sherwood CC, Raghanti MA, Simpson CD, Bonar CJ, de Sousa AA, Preuss TM, Hof PR. 2006. Scaling of inhibitory interneurons in areas V1 and V2 of anthropoid primates as revealed by calcium-binding protein immunohistochemistry. Brain Behav Evol 69(3):176-195.  Get pdf file.

Stepniewska I, Preuss TM, Kaas JH. 2006. Ipsilateral cortical connections of dorsal and ventral premotor areas in New World owl monkeys. J Comp Neurol 495(6):691-708.  Get PDF file [1.8 MB].

Cola MG, Seltzer B, Preuss TM, Cusick CG. 2005. Neurochemical organization of chimpanzee inferior pulvinar complex. J Comp Neurol 484:299-312.  Get PDF file [1.4 MB].

Povinelli DJ, Prince CG, Preuss TM. 2005. Parent-offspring conflict and the development of social understanding. In: Carruthers P, Laurence S, Stich S, editors. The Innate Mind: Structure and Content: Oxford University Press.

Preuss TM, Caceres M, Oldham MC, Geschwind DH. 2004. Human brain evolution: Insights from microarrays. Nature Reviews Genetics 5:850-860.  Get PDF file [213  KB]

Preuss TM. 2004. What is it like to be a human? In: Gazzaniga MS, editor. The Cognitive Neurosciences III, Third Edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 5-22.   Request reprint

Marques-Bonet T, Caceres M, Bertranpetit J, Preuss TM, Thomas JW, Navarro A. 2004. Chromosomal rearrangements and the genomic distribution of gene-expression diveregence in humans and chimpanzees. Trends in Genetics 20:524-529.  Get PDF file [199 KB].

Preuss TM. 2004. Specializations of the human visual system: The monkey model meets human reality. In: Kaas JH, Collins CE, editors. The Primate Visual System. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p 231-259.  Request reprint

Caceres M, Lachuer J, Zapala MA, Redmond JC, Kudo L, Geschwind DH, Lockhart DJ, Preuss TM, Barlow C. 2003. Elevated gene expression levels distinguish human from non-human primate brains. PNAS 100:1330-1335.  Get PDF file [666 KB].

Kaas, J.H., and T.M. Preuss, 2003. Human brain evolution. In Fundamental Neuroscience (Second Edition), L.R. Squire, F.E. Bloom, S.K. McConnell, J.L. Roberts,  N.C. Spitzer, and M.J. Zigmond (eds.) San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 1147-1166.   Request reprint

Preuss, T.M., and G.Q. Coleman, 2002.  Human-specific organization of primary visual cortex: Alternating compartments of dense Cat-301 and calbindin immunoreacitivity in layer 4A.  Cereb. Cortex 12: 671-691.  Get PDF file [3.4 MB]  See the cover photo

Hackett, T.A, T.M. Preuss, and J.H. Kaas, 2001. Architectonic identification of the core region in auditory cortex of macaques, chimpanzees, and humans.  J. Comp. Neurol. 441: 197-222.  Get PDF file [2.4 MB] 

Preuss, T.M., 2001. The discovery of cerebral diversity: An unwelcome scientific revolution.  In D. Falk and K. Gibson (eds.): Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 138-164.   Get PDF file [8.7 MB].

Preuss, TM. (Editor), 2000. The Diversity of Mammalian Cortical Organization.Special symposium edition. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, volume 55.   View table of contents.

Preuss, TM., 2000.  From basic uniformity to diversity in cortical organization.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 55: 283-286.  Get PDF file [98.1 KB]

Preuss, TM., 2000. Taking the measure of diversity: Comparative alternatives to the model-animal paradigm in cortical neuroscience.  Brain, Behavior and Evolution 55: 287-299. View abstract  / Get PDF file [376.2 KB]

Preuss, T. M., 2000.  What's human about the human brain? In The New Cognitive Neurosciences. Second Edition, M. S. Gazzaniga, ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp.  1219-1234.  Get PDF file [14.4 MB]

Preuss, T.M., H.-X. Qi, and J.H. Kaas, 1999. Distinctive compartmental organization of human primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 96: 11601-11606.  View abstract / Get PDF file [571.4 KB]

Preuss, T. M., and J. H. Kaas, 1999. Human brain evolution. In Fundamental Neuroscience, F. E. Bloom, S. C. Landis, J. L. Robert, L. R. Squire, and M. J. Zigmond, ed. San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 1283-1311.  Get PDF file [17.8 MB].

Qi, H.-X., N. Jain, T.M. Preuss, and J.H. Kaas, 1999. Inverted pyramidal neurons in chimpanzee sensorimotor cortex are revealed by immunostaining with monoclonal antibody SMI-32. Somat. Motor. Res. 16: 49-56.   View abstract / Get PDF file [911.1 KB]

Preuss, T. M., D. Gray, and C. G. Cusick, 1998.  Subdivisions of the motor and somatosensory thalamus of primates revealed with Wisteria floribunda agglutinin histochemistry.  Somat. Motor. Res. 15: 211-219.  View abstract / Get PDF file [2 MB].

Rosa, M., V. A. Casagrande, T. Preuss, and J. H. Kaas, 1997.  Visual field representation in striate and prestriate cortices of a prosimian primate (Galago garnetti).  J. Neurophysiol. 77: 3193-3217.   View abstract / Get PDF file [1.6 MB]

Preuss, T. M., I. Stepniewska, N. Jain, and J. H. Kaas, 1997.  Multiple divisions of macaque precentral motor cortex identified with neurofilament antibody SMI-32.  Brain Res. 767: 148-153.   View abstract / Get PDF file [950 KB]

Preuss, T. M., and J. H. Kaas, 1996.  Cytochrome oxidase "blobs" and other characteristics of primary visual cortex in a lemuroid primate, Cheirogaleus medius.  
Brain Behav. Evol. 47: 103-112.   View abstract  / Get PDF file [11.2 MB]

Preuss, T. M., and J. H. Kaas, 1996.  Parvalbumin-like immunoreactivity of layer V pyramidal cells in the motor and somatosensory cortex of adult primates. Brain Res. 712: 353-357.   View abstract / Request reprint.

Preuss, T. M., I. Stepniewska, and J. H. Kaas, 1996.  Movement representation in the dorsal and ventral premotor areas of owl monkeys: A microstimulation study.  J. Comp. Neurol. 371: 649-676.  View abstract / Get PDF file [48.8 MB]

Preuss, T. M., 1995.  Do rats have prefrontal cortex?  The Rose-Woolsey-Akert program reconsidered. J. Cogn. Neurosci. 7: 1-24.  View abstract & synopsis / Get PDF file [3 MB]

Povinelli, D. J., and T. M. Preuss, 1995.  Theory of mind: Evolutionary history of a cognitive specialization. Trends Neurosci. 18: 418-424.  View abstract / Get PDF file [1.1 MB]

Preuss, T. M., 1995. The argument from animals to humans in cognitive neuroscience. In The Cognitive Neurosciences, M. S. Gazzaniga, ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 1227-1241.  (Reprinted in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Reader, M.S. Gazzaniga, ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000).  View abstract / Get PDF file [19.5 MB].  

Stepniewska, I., T. M. Preuss, and J. H. Kaas, 1994.  Architectonic subdivisions of the motor thalamus of owl monkeys: Nissl, acetylcholinesterase, and cytochrome oxidase patterns. J. Comp. Neurol.349: 536-557.   View abstract.

Jain, N., T. M. Preuss, and J. H. Kaas, 1994.  Subdivisions of the visual system labeled with the Cat-301 antibody in tree shrews.  Vis. Neurosci. 11: 731-741.  View abstract.

Stepniewska, I., Preuss, T.M., and Kaas, J.H., 1994.  Thalamic connections of the primary motor cortex (M1) of owl monkeys.  J. Comp. Neurol. 349: 558-582.  View abstract.

Preuss, T. M., 1993. The role of the neurosciences in primate evolutionary biology: Historical commentary and prospectus. In Primates and their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective, R. D. E. MacPhee, ed. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 333-362.  Get PDF file [6.2 MB]

Kaas, J. H., and T. M. Preuss, 1993. Archontan affinities as reflected in the visual system. In Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals, F. S. Szalay, M. J. Novacek, and M. C. McKenna, ed. New York: Springer Verlag, pp. 115-128.

Stepniewska, I., T. M. Preuss, and J. H. Kaas, 1993.  Architectonics, somatotopic organization, and ipsilateral cortical connections of the primary motor area (M1) of owl monkeys.  J. Comp. Neurol. 330: 238-271.  View abstract.

Preuss, T.M., 1993.  Review of The Meaning of Evolution: The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory (Robert J. Richards). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 91: 131-132.

Preuss, T. M., P. D. Beck, and J. H. Kaas, 1993.  Areal, modular, and connectional organization of visual cortex in a prosimian primate, the slow loris (Nycticebus coucang). Brain Behav. Evol. 42: 237-251.  View abstract

Preuss, T. M., and P. S. Goldman-Rakic, 1991.  Myelo- and cytoarchitecture of the granular frontal cortex and surrounding regions in the strepsirhine primate Galago and the anthropoid primate Macaca.J. Comp. Neurol. 310: 429-474.  View abstract / Get PDF file [35.4 MB]

Preuss, T. M., and P. S. Goldman-Rakic, 1991.  Architectonics of the parietal and temporal association cortex in the strepsirhine primate Galago
compared to the anthropoid primate Macaca.J. Comp. Neurol. 310: 475-506.  View abstract.

Preuss, T. M., and P. S. Goldman-Rakic, 1991.  Ipsilateral cortical connections of granular frontal cortex in the strepsirhine primate Galago,with comparative comments on anthropoid primates. J. Comp. Neurol. 310: 507-549.  View abstract.

Preuss, T.M., 1991.  Review of Brain Maturation and Cognitive Development (K.R. Gibson and A.C. Petersen, eds.). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 86: 437-438.

Preuss, T. M., and P. S. Goldman-Rakic, 1989.  Connections of the ventral granular frontal cortex of macaques with perisylvian premotor and somatosensory areas: Anatomical evidence for somatic representation in primate frontal association cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 282: 293-316.  View abstract.

Preuss, T.M., and Goldman-Rakic, P.S., 1987.  Crossed corticothalamic and thalamocortical connections of macaque prefrontal cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 257: 269-281. View abstract.

Goldman-Rakic, P.S., and Preuss, T.M., 1987.  Wither comparative psychology? (Open peer commentary). Behav. Brain Sci. 10: 666-667.

Preuss, T.M., 1982. The face of Sivapithecus indicus: Description of a new, relatively complete specimen from the Siwaliks of Pakistan. Folia Primatol. 38: 141-157.  View abstract / Get PDF file [7.7 MB]

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