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. 2021 Nov 8;15:760311. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2021.760311

TABLE 1.

Non-human primate species used to investigate adaptive mechanisms after stroke.

Species Body weight (kg)* Gyrification** Precision grip
Rhesus monkey 8.3 Gyrencephalic Capable
Japanese monkey 9.9 Gyrencephalic Capable
Cynomolgus monkey 4.7 Gyrencephalic Capable
Olive baboon 25.0 Gyrencephalic Capable
Vervet monkey 4.0 Gyrencephalic Capable
Common marmoset 0.4 Lissencephalic Incapable
Squirrel monkey 0.8 Lissencephalic Incapable
Capuchin monkey 1.3 Gyrencephalic Capable

*The information of the average body weight is referred from the articles (Heffner and Masterton, 1975; Bonadio, 2000; Fooden and Aimi, 2005).

**Images of cerebral cortex of the non-human primates can be viewed in the article (Gonzales et al., 2015).