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Neurofisiología del procesamiento temporal en el rango de los cientos de los milisegundos.
Neurophysiology of temporal processing in primates

Publicaciones recientes

1. Rajendran V, Prado L, Marquez JP and Merchant H*, Monkeys have rhythm, Science, diciembre de 2025; 390(6776), 940-944

2. Sanchez-Moncada, I. Neri-Nani, G, Jefte AE, and Merchant, H*, Preferred tempo dependency for the learning transfer from perceptual to stepping timing in Parkinson’s disease, Neuroscience, diciembre de 2025; 1(1)

3. Rassi E, Rodriguez-Larios J, Gret C, Merchant H, Elshafei A and Haegens S, Beta-band frequency shifts signal decisions in human prefrontal cortex, iScience, noviembre de 2025; 28(113806), 1-15

4. Castillo-Almazán A, Pérez O, Prado L, Jacoby N, and Merchant, H*, Flexible tapping synchronization in macaques: dynamic switching of timing strategies within rhythmic sequences, Journal Of Neurophysiology, septiembre de 2025; 134, 580=590

5. Moreno A, de Lafuente V, and Merchant, H*, Time varying encoding of grasping type and force in the primate motor cortex, eNeuro, abril de 2025; 12(4), 1-15

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1. Rajendran V, Prado L, Marquez JP and Merchant H*, Monkeys have rhythm, Science, diciembre de 2025; 390(6776), 940-944

2. Sanchez-Moncada, I. Neri-Nani, G, Jefte AE, and Merchant, H*, Preferred tempo dependency for the learning transfer from perceptual to stepping timing in Parkinson’s disease, Neuroscience, diciembre de 2025; 1(1)

3. Rassi E, Rodriguez-Larios J, Gret C, Merchant H, Elshafei A and Haegens S, Beta-band frequency shifts signal decisions in human prefrontal cortex, iScience, noviembre de 2025; 28(113806), 1-15

4. Castillo-Almazán A, Pérez O, Prado L, Jacoby N, and Merchant, H*, Flexible tapping synchronization in macaques: dynamic switching of timing strategies within rhythmic sequences, Journal Of Neurophysiology, septiembre de 2025; 134, 580=590

5. Moreno A, de Lafuente V, and Merchant, H*, Time varying encoding of grasping type and force in the primate motor cortex, eNeuro, abril de 2025; 12(4), 1-15

6. González-Pereyra P, Martínez-Montalvo Mario G., Ortega-Romero Diana I., Pérez-Díaz Claudia I., Merchant H, Tellez Luis A., Rueda-Orozco Pavel E. , Preconfigured cortico-thalamic neural dynamics constrain movement-associated thalamic activity, Nature Communications, noviembre de 2024; 15(10185), 1-18

7. Mendoza G, Fonseca E, Merchant H, Gutiérrez R., Sequential and dynamic coding of water-sucrose categorization in rat gustatory cortices. , iScience, noviembre de 2024; 27(111287), 1-22

8. Rodriguez-Larios J, Rassi E, Mendoza G, Merchant H, Haegens S. , Common neural mechanisms supporting time judgements in humans and monkeys. , PeerJ, noviembre de 2024; 12(e18477), 1-15

9. Garcia-Saldivar P, De Leon C, Concha L, Merchant H*, White matter structural bases for predictive tapping synchronization. , eLife, octubre de 2024; 13(e83838), 1-27

10. Merchant H*, de Lafuente V. , A second introduction to the Neurobiology of Interval Timing, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, junio de 2024; 1455, 3-23

11. Merchant H*, Mendoza G, Pérez O, García-Saldivar P, Betancourt A and Prado L. , Diverse time encoding strategies within the medial premotor areas of the primate., Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, junio de 2024; 1455, 117-140

12. De Lafuente V, Jazayeri M, Merchant H, García-Garibay O, Cadena-Valencia J and Malagón AM., Keeping time and rhythm by internal simulation of sensory stimuli and behavioral actions. , Science Advances , febrero de 2024; 10(2), 1-18

13. Sanchez-Moncada, I., Concha, L., and Merchant, H, Pre-supplementary motor cortex mediates learning transfer from perceptual to motor timing, Journal Of Neuroscience, febrero de 2024; 44(8), 1-20

14. Betancourt A, Perez, O., Gamez J, Mendoza G, and Merchant H*. , Amodal population clock in the primate medial premotor system for rhythmic tapping. , Cell Reports, octubre de 2023; 42(113234), 1-45

15. Perez O, Delle Monache S, Lacquaniti, Bosco GP, and Merchant H*. , Rhythmic tapping to a moving beat: motion kinematics overrules natural gravity , iScience, septiembre de 2023; 107543(1), 1-20

16. Criscuolo A, Schwartze M, Prado L, Merchant H, Kotz S., Macaque monkeys and humans sample temporal regularities in the acoustic environment, Progress In Neurobiology, junio de 2023; 229(102502), 1-15

17. Rassi, E., Zhang, Y., Mendoza G, Mendez JC, Merchant H, Haegens, S. , Distinct beta frequencies reflect categorical decisions., Nature Communications, abril de 2023; 14(2923), 1-14

18. Harting R., Klink, Polyakova, Z. Mohammad-Reza A., Bondar, I, Merchant, H, Vanduffel, W. , A framework and resource for global collaboration in non-human primate neuroscience. , Current Research in Neurobiology , febrero de 2023; 4(100079), 1-10

19. Messinger A, Sirmpilatze N, Heuer K, Loh KK, Mars RB, Sein J, Xu T, Glen D, Jung B, Seidlitz J, Taylor P, Toro R, Garza-Villarreal EA, Sponheim C, Wang X, Benn RA, Cagna B, Dadarwal R, Evrard HC, Garcia-Saldivar P, Giavasis S, Hartig R, Lepage C, Liu C, Majka P, Merchant H, Milham MP, Rosa MGP, Tasserie J, Uhrig L, Margulies DS, Klink PC. , A collaborative resource platform for non-human primate neuroimaging, Neuroimage, diciembre de 2021; 226(117519), 1-29

20. Lenc T, Merchant H, Keller PE, Honing H, Varlet M, Nozaradan S, Mapping between sound, brain and behavior: multi-level nature of rhythm processing in humans and non-human primates, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, septiembre de 2021; 376(0200325)

21. Song X, García-Saldivar P, Kindred N, Wang Y, Merchant H, Meguerditchian A, Yang Y, Stein EA, Bradberry CW, Ben Hamed S, Jedema HP, Poirier C., Strengths and challenges of longitudinal non-human primate neuroimaging., Neuroimage, junio de 2021; 236(118009), 1-13

22. Poirier C, Hamed SB, Garcia-Saldivar P, Kwok SC, Meguerditchian A, Merchant H, Rogers J, Wells S, Fox AS, Beyond MRI: on the scientific value of combining non-human primate neuroimaging with metadata, Neuroimage, mayo de 2021; 228(117679)

23. Balasubramaniam R, Haegens S, Jazayeri M, Merchant H, Sternad D, Song JH. , Neural Encoding and Representation of Time for Sensorimotor Control and Learning. , Journal Of Neuroscience, marzo de 2021; 41(5), 866-872

24. Garcia-Saldivar P, Garimella A, Garza-Villarreal EA, Mendez FA, Concha L, Merchant H*, PREEMACS: Pipeline for preprocessing and extraction of the macaque brain surface. , Neuroimage, febrero de 2021; 227(117671), 1-35

25. Merchant, H* and Oswaldo Pérez., Estimating time with neural networks, Nature Machine Intelligence, agosto de 2020; 2, 492-493

26. Milham, M.P, Petkov, C.I., Daniel S. Margulies, Charles E. Schroeder, Michele A. Basso, Pascal Belin, Damien A. Fair, Andrew Fox, Sabine Kastner, Rogier B. Mars, Adam Messinger, Colline Poirier, Wim Vanduffel, David C. Van Essen, Ashkan Alvand, Yannick Becker, Suliann Ben Hamed, Austin Benn, Clementine Bodin, Susann Boretius, Bastien Cagna, Olivier Coulon, Sherif Hamdy ElGohary, Henry Evrard, Stephanie J. Forkel, Patrick Friedrich, Sean Froudist-Walsh, Eduardo A. Garza- Villarreal, Yang Gao, Alessandro Gozzi, Antoine Grigis, Renee Hartig, Takuya Hayashi, Katja Heuer, Henrietta Howells, Dirk Jan Ardesch, Béchir Jarraya, Wendy Jarrett, Hank P. Jedema, Igor Kagan, Clare Kelly, Henry Kennedy, P. Christiaan Klink, Sze Chai Kwok, Robert Leech, Xiaojin Liu, Christopher R. Madan, Wasana Madushanka, Piotr Majka, Ann-Marie Mallon, Kevin Marche, Adrien Meguerditchian, Ravi S. Menon, Hugo Merchant, Anna Mitchell, Karl-Heinz Nenning, Aki Nikolaidis, Michael Ortiz Rios, Marco Pagani, Vikas Pareek, Mark Prescott,Emmanuel Procyk, Reza Rajimehr, Ioana-Sabina Rautu, Amir Raz, Anna Wang Roe, Román Rossi-Pool, Lea Roumazeilles, Tomoko Sakai, Jerome Sallet, Pamela Garcia Saldivar, Chika Sato, Stephen Sawiak, Marike Schiffer, Caspar M. Schwiedrzik, Jakob Seidlitz, Julien Sein, Zhi-ming Shen, Amir Shmuel, Afonso C. Silva, Luciano Simone, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Julia Sliwa, Jonathan Smallwood, Jordy Tasserie, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Roberto Toro, Regis Trapeau, Lynn Uhrig, Julien Vezoli, Zheng Wang, Sara Wells, Bella Williams, Ting Xu, Augix Guohua Xu, Essa Yacoub, Ming Zhan, Lei Ai, Céline Amiez, Fabien Balezeau, Mark G. Baxter, Erwin L.A. Blezer, Thomas Brochier, Aihua Chen, Paula L. Croxson, Christienne G. Damatac, Stanislas Dehaene, Stefan Everling, Lazar Fleysher, Winrich Freiwald, Timothy D. Griffiths, Carole Guedj, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane, Noam Harel, Bassem Hiba, Benjamin Jung, Bonhwang Koo, Kevin N. Laland, David A. Leopold, Patrik Lindenfors, Martine Meunier, Kelvin Mok, John H. Morrison, Jennifer Nacef, Jamie Nagy, Mark Pinsk, Simon M. Reader, Pieter R. Roelfsema, David A. Rudko, Matthew F.S. Rushworth, Brian E. Russ, Michael Christoph Schmid, Elinor L. Sullivan, Alexander Thiele, Orlin S. Todorov, Doris Tsao, Leslie Ungerleider, Charles R.E. Wilson, Frank Q. Ye, Wilbert Zarco and Yong-di Zhou. , Accelerating the evolution of nonhuman primate neuroimaging: The PRIMatE Data Exchange (PRIME-DE) Global Collaboration Workshop and Consortium. , Neuron, febrero de 2020; 105, 600-603

27. Merchant, H*. , TRF2: Having the Time of Our Lives, Timing & Time Perception, noviembre de 2019; 7(4), 291-302

28. Gamez J, Mendoza, G., Prado, L. Betancourt, A., and Merchant, H*. , The amplitude in periodic neural state trajectories underlies the tempo of rhythmic tapping, PLOS Biology, febrero de 2019; 17(4), 1-32

29. Yc, K., Prado, L., Merchant, H*. , The scalar property during isochronous tapping is disrupted by a D2-like agonist in the non-human primate. , Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2019; 121(3), 940-949

30. Cadena-Valencia J, García-Garibay O, Merchant H, Jazayeri M, de Lafuente V. , Entrainment and maintenance of an internal metronome in premotor cortex, Elife, noviembre de 2018; 7(e38983), 20

31. Honing, H., Bouwer, FL., Prado, L., and Merchant, H. , Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) sense isochrony in rhythm, but not the beat. Additional support for the gradual audiomotor evolution hypothesis. , Frontiers in Neuroscience, agosto de 2018; 12(475), 1-15

32. Merchant H.,* and Menon RS. , Editorial Focus on: Invariant and heritable local cortical organization as revealed by fMRI. , Journal Of Neurophysiology, agosto de 2018; 120(1), 758-759

33. Gamez J., Yc, K., Ayala, Y., Prado, L. and Merchant, H*, Predictive and flexible rhythmic tapping in the non-human primate, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Science, mayo de 2018, 30-49.

34. Perez, O. and Merchant, H, The synaptic properties of cells define the hallmarks of interval timing in a recurrent neural network, Journal Of Neuroscience, abril de 2018; 38(17), 4186-4199

35. Mendoza, G., Mendez, J.C., Perez, O. Prado, L., and Merchant, H, Neural basis for categorical boundaries in the primate pre-SMA during relative categorization of time intervals. , Nature Communications, marzo de 2018; 9(1), 1098

36. Ayala YA, Lehmann A, and Merchant, H, Monkeys share with humans the neurophysiological basis for encoding sound periodicities captured by the frequency-following response., Scientific Reports, diciembre de 2017; 7(16687)

37. Mendez, J.C., Rocchi, L., Rothwell, J., Jahanshahi, J. and Merchant, H*. , Probing the timing network: a continuous theta burst stimulation study of temporal categorization. , Neuroscience, mayo de 2017; 356(1), 167-175

38. Merchant H.,* and Averbeck BB. , The computational and neural basis of rhythmic timing in medial premotor cortex., Journal Of Neuroscience, abril de 2017; 37(17), 4552-4564

39. Merchant H.,* and Bartolo, R. , Primate beta oscillations and rhythmic behaviors, Journal Of Neural Transmission, marzo de 2017; 124(5), 20-31

40. Gupta D.S., and Merchant H.*, Editorial: Understanding the role of the time dimension in the brain information processing., Frontiers in Psychology , febrero de 2017; 8(240), 1-4

41. García-Garibay, O., Cadena, J., Merchant, H. and de Lafuente, V., Monkeys share the human ability to internally maintain a temporal rhythm., Frontiers in Psychology , diciembre de 2016; 7(1971), 1-12

42. Petter, E.P. and Merchant H. , Temporal Processing by Intrinsic Neural Network Dynamics, Timing & Time Perception, diciembre de 2016; 4(4), 399-410

43. Mendoza, G., Peyrache, A., Gámez, J., Prado, L., Buzsáki, G. and Merchant, H, Recording extracellular neural activity in the behaving monkey using a semi-chronic, high-density electrode system. , Journal Of Neurophysiology, septiembre de 2016; 116(2), 563-574

44. Merchant, H.* and Yarrow, K. , How the motor system both encodes and influences our sense of time., Current Opinion in Behavioral Sicences, febrero de 2016; 8(1), 22-27

45. Bartolo, R. and Merchant, H*. , Beta oscillations are linked to the initiation of sensory-cued movement sequences and the internal guidance of regular tapping in the monkey., Journal Of Neuroscience, abril de 2015; 35(11), 4635-4640

46. Hoeschele, M., Merchant, H., Hattori, Y., Kikuchi, Y., and ten Cate, C. , Comparative studies on the biology of music: bridging the gap between constrained experiments and natural behavior in the search for animal musicality. , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, marzo de 2015; 370(1664), 232-245

47. Merchant, H*., Grahn, J., Trainer, L., Rohrmeier, M., and Fitch, TW., Finding the beat: A neural perspective across humans and non-human primates., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, marzo de 2015; 370(1664), 186-202

48. Merchant, H.*, Perez, O., Bartolo, R., Mendez JC., Mendoza, G., Gamez, J., Yc, K., Prado, L. , Sensorimotor neural dynamics during isochronous tapping in the medial premotor cortex of the macaque, European Journal Of Neuroscience, marzo de 2015; 41(5), 586-602

49. Merchant, H.* and de Lafuente V. , Introduction to the Neurobiology of Interval Timing. , Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, noviembre de 2014; 829, 1-13

50. Merchant, H.*, Bartolo, R., Perez, O., Mendez JC., Mendoza, G., Gamez, J., Yc, K. Prado, L. , Neurophysiology of timing in the hundreds of milliseconds: multiple layers of neuronal clocks in the medial premotor areas. , Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, noviembre de 2014; 829, 143-154

51. Mendoza G and Merchant H., Motor system evolution and the emergence of high cognitive functions, Progress In Neurobiology, octubre de 2014; 121(1), 20-41

52. Crowe, D.A., Zarco, W., Bartolo, R., and Merchant, H*. , Dynamic representation of the temporal and sequential structure of rhythmic movements in the primate medial premotor cortex., Journal Of Neuroscience, septiembre de 2014; 34(36), 11972-11983

53. Mendez, J.C., Perez, O., Prado, L., and Merchant, H, Linking perception, cognition, and action: Psychophysical observations and neural network modelling., Plos One, julio de 2014; 9(7), 18

54. Merchant, H., Crowe, D.A., Fortes, A.F., and Georgopoulos, A.P., Cognitive modulation of Neural Synchronicity, Frontiers in Neuroscience, julio de 2014; 8(245), 9

55. Donnet, S., Bartolo, R., Fernandes J.M., Cunha J.P., Prado, L. and Merchant, H, Monkeys time their movement pauses and not their movement kinematics during a synchronization-continuation rhythmic task. , Journal Of Neurophysiology, mayo de 2014; 111(10), 2138

56. Bartolo, R., Prado, L., and Merchant, H, Information processing in the primate basal ganglia during sensory guided and internally driven rhythmic tapping, Journal Of Neuroscience, marzo de 2014; 34(11), 3910-3923

57. Honing H and Merchant H., Differences in auditory timing between human and non-human primates. , Behavioral and Brain Sciences, marzo de 2014; 37(6), 873-874

58. Merchant, H. and Honing, H. , Are non-human primates capable of rhythmic entrainment? Evidence for the gradual audiomotor evolution hypothesis, Frontiers in Neuroscience, enero de 2014; 7(274), 1-9

59. Merchant, H., Harrington, D. and Meck, W.H., Neural Basis of the Perception and Estimation of Time, Annual Review of Neuroscience, mayo de 2013; 36(1), 313-336

60. Merchant, H*., Pérez, O., Zarco, W., and Gámez, J. , Interval tuning in the primate medial premotor cortex as a general timing mechanism , Journal Of Neuroscience, mayo de 2013; 33(21), 9082-9096

61. Perez, O., Kass R.E., Merchant H, Trial time warping to discriminate stimulus-related from movement-related neural activity., Journal of Neuroscience Methods, enero de 2013; 212(2), 203-210

62. Merchant, H,. de Lafuente V., Peña F., Larriva-Sahd J., Functional impact of interneuronal inhibition in the cerebral cortex of behaving animals. , Progress In Neurobiology, noviembre de 2012; 99(2), 163-178

63. Honing, H., Merchant, H., Heden, G., Prado, L. A., and Bartolo, R, Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) can detect rhythmic groups in music, but not the beat, Plos One, enero de 2012; 7(12), e51369, 1-9

64. DiFabio RP., Merchant, H., Bartolo, R., Tuite P. , Temporal Discrimination Learning for Treatment of Gait Dysfunction In Parkinson’s Disease: A Feasibility Study using Single Subject Design, Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome, diciembre de 2011; 1(1), 8-11 online

65. Merchant, H., Zarco W., Perez, O., Prado, L., and Bartolo, R. , Measuring time with multiple neural chronometers during a synchronization-continuation task. , Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, diciembre de 2011; 108(49), 19784-19789.

66. Merchant, H*., Crowe, D.A., Robertson MS., Fortes, A.F. and Georgopoulos, A.P. , Top-down spatial categorization signal from prefrontal to posterior parietal cortex in the primate. , Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, junio de 2011; 5(69), 1-90 online

67. Mendez, J.C., Prado, L., Mendoza, G and Merchant, H, Temporal and Spatial Categorization in Human and Non-Human Primates, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, abril de 2011; 5(50), 1-10 online

68. Merchant, H, "Apneas" in Purkinje cell activity: Evidence of the bistability of membrane potential in the cerebellum of the awake cat. , Frontiers in Neuroscience, marzo de 2010; 4(1), 6-6 online

69. Zarco, W. Merchant, H., Prado, L. and Mendez J.C., Subsecond timing in primates: comparison of interval production between human subjects and Rhesus monkeys, Journal Of Neurophysiology, diciembre de 2009; 102(6), 3191-3202 online

70. Bartolo, R.O. and Merchant, H, LEARNING AND GENERALIZATION OF TIME PRODUCTION IN HUMANS: RULES OF TRANSFER ACROSS MODALITIES AND INTERVAL DURATIONS., Experimental Brain Research, enero de 2009; 197(1), 91-100

71. Merchant, H. Zarco, W. Prado, L. and Perez O., BEHAVIORAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TARGET INTERCEPTION., Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, enero de 2009; 629(1), 201-220

72. Merchant, H., Luciana, M., Hooper, C., Majestic, S., Tuite, P., INTERVAL TIMING AND PARKINSON´S DISEASE: HETEROGENEITY IN TEMPORAL PERFORMANCE., Experimental Brain Research, enero de 2008; 184(2), 233-248

73. Merchant, H., Narselaris, T., Georgopoulos, A.P., DYNAMIC SCULPTING OF DIRECTIONAL TUNING BY INTERNEURONS IN THE PRIMATE MOTOR CORTEX DURING 3D REACHING., Journal Of Neuroscience, enero de 2008; 28(37), 9164-9172

74. Merchant, H., Zarco, W., Bartolo, R. and Prado, L., THE CONTEXT OF TEMPORAL PROCESSING IS REPRESENTED IN THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TIMING TASKS., Plos One, enero de 2008; 3(9), 1-9

75. Merchant, H., Zarco, W., Prado, L., DO WE HAVE A COMMON MECHANISM FOR MEASURING TIME IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLISECOND RANGE? EVIDENCE FROM MULTIPLE INTERVAL TIMING TASKS., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2008; 99(2), 939-949

76. Zarco,W., Merchant H., NEURAL TEMPORAL CODES FOR REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM., Cognitive Critique, enero de 2008; 1(1), 1-30

77. Georgopoulos A.P., Merchant H., Narselaris T., Amirikian B., MAPPING OF THE PREFERRED DIRECTION IN THE MOTOR CORTEX., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, enero de 2007; 104(0), 11068-11072

78. Georgopoulos A.P., Narselaris T., Merchant H., Amirikian B., CONTRASTING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF PREFERRED DIRECTIONS WITHIN PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2007; 97(0), 4391-4392

79. Merchant H., Georgopoulos A.P., NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR ASPECTS OF INTERCEPTION., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2006; 95(0), 1-13

80. Narselaris T., Merchant H., Amirikian B., Georgopoulos A.P., LARGE-SCALE ORGANIZATION OF PREFERRED DIRECTIONS IN THE MOTOR CORTEX II: ANALYSIS OF LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2006; 96(0), 3237-3247

81. Narselaris T., Merchant H., Amirikian B., Georgopoulos A.P., LARGE-SCALE ORGANIZATION OF PREFERRED DIRECTIONS IN THE MOTOR CORTEX I: MOTOR CORTICAL HYPERACUITY FOR FORWARD REACHING., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2006; 96(0), 3231-3236

82. Merchant H., Battaglia-Mayer A., Georgopoulos A.P., DECODING OF PATH-GUIDED APPARENT MOTION FROM NEURAL ENSEMBLES IN POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX., Experimental Brain Research, enero de 2005; 161(0), 532-540

83. NARSELARIS, T., MERCHANT, H., AMIRIKIAN B., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF TRAJECTORIES OF AN ARRAY OF RECORDING MICROELECTRODES., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2005; 93(4), 2318-2330

84. FORTES, A.F., MERCHANT, H., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., COMPARATIVE AND CATEGORICAL SPATIAL JUDGMENTS IN THE MONKEY HIGH AND LOW., Animal Cognition, enero de 2004; 7(2), 101-107

85. Merchant H., Battaglia-Mayer A., Georgopoulos A.P., NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE PARIETO-FRONTAL SYSTEM DURING TARGET INTERCEPTION., Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology, enero de 2004; 1(0), 1-5

86. MERCHANT, H., BATTAGLIAMAYER, A., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., NEURAL RESPONSES DURING INTERCEPTION OF REAL AND APPARENT CIRCULARLY MOVING TARGETS IN MOTOR CORTEX AND AREA 7A., Cerebral Cortex, enero de 2004; 14(3), 314-331

87. MERCHANT, H., BATTAGLIAMAYER, A., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., NEURAL RESPONSES IN MOTOR CORTEX AND AREA 7A TO REAL AND APPARENT MOTION., Experimental Brain Research, enero de 2004; 154(3), 291-307

88. MERCHANT, H., FORTES, A.F., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., SHORT TERM MEMORY EFFECTS ON THE REPRESENTATION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACE IN THE RHESUS MONKEY., Animal Cognition, enero de 2004; 7(3), 133-143

89. MERCHANT, H., BATTAGLIAMAYER, A., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PARIETAL NEURONAL RESPONSES TO OPTIC FLOW STIMULI., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2003; 90(2), 675-682

90. MERCHANT, H., BATTAGLIAMAYER, A., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., INTERCEPTION OF REAL AND APPARENT CIRCULARLY MOVING TARGETS PSYCHOPHYSICS IN HUMAN SUBJECTS AND MONKEYS., Experimental Brain Research, enero de 2003; 152(1), 106-112

91. MERCHANT, H., BATTAGLIAMAYER, A., GEORGOPOULOS, A.P., EFFECTS OF OPTIC FLOW IN MOTOR CORTEX AND AREA 7A., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 2001; 86(4), 1955-1971

92. VAZQUEZ, J., MERCHANT-NANCY, H., GARCIA, F., DRUCKER-COLIN, R., THE EFFECTS OF SENSORY STIMULATION ON REM SLEEP DURATION., Sleep, enero de 1998; 21(2), 138-142

93. MERCHANT, H., ZAINOS, A., HERNANDEZ, A., SALINAS, E., ROMO, R., FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF PRIMATE PUTAMEN NEURONS DURING THE CATEGORIZATION OF TACTILE STIMULI., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 1997; 77(3), 1132-1154

94. ROMO, R., MERCHANT, H., ZAINOS, A., HERNANDEZ, A., CATEGORICAL PERCEPTION OF SOMESTHETIC STIMULI PSYCHOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS CORRELATED WITH NEURONAL EVENTS IN PRIMATE MEDIAL PREMOTOR CORTEX., Cerebral Cortex, enero de 1997; 7(4), 317-326

95. ZAINOS, A., MERCHANT, H., HERNANDEZ, A., SALINAS, E., ROMO, R., ROLE OF PRIMARY SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX IN THE CATEGORIZATION OF TACTILE STIMULI EFFECTS OF LESIONS., Experimental Brain Research, enero de 1997; 115(2), 357-360

96. ROMO R., MERCHANT, H., ZAINOS, A., HERNANDEZ, A., CATEGORIZATION OF SOMESTHETIC STIMULI SENSORYMOTORPERFORMANCE AND NEURAL ACTIVITY IN PRIMARY SOMATIC SENSORYCORTEX OF AWAKE MONKEYS., Neuroreport, enero de 1996; 7(7), 1273-1279

97. MERCHANT-NANCY, H., VAZQUEZ, J., GARCIA, F., DRUCKER-COLIN, R., BRAIN DISTRIBUTION OF CFOS EXPRESSION AS A RESULT OFPROLONGED RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (REM) SLEEP PERIOD DURATION., Brain Research, enero de 1995; 681(1), 15-22

98. ROMO R., MERCHANT, H., RUIZ S., CRESPO P., ZAINOS, A., NEURONAL ACTIVITY OF PRIMATE PUTAMEN DURING CATEGORICALPERCEPTION OF SOMAESTETIC STIMULI., Neuroreport, enero de 1995; 6(7), 1013-1017

99. SALIN-PASCUAL R., JIMENEZ-ANGUIANO A., DURAN-VAZQUEZ A., MERCHANT-NANCY, H. DRUCKER-COLIN, R., ADMINISTRATION OF AUDITORY STIMULATION DURING RECOVERY AFTER SLEEP DEPRIVATION., Sleep, enero de 1994; 17(3), 231-235

100. ROMO R., RUIZ S., CRESPO P., ZAINOS, A., MERCHANT, H., REPRESENTATION OF TACTILE SIGNALS IN PRIMATE SUPPLEMENTARYMOTOR AREA., Journal Of Neurophysiology, enero de 1993; 70(6), 2690-2694

101. MERCHANT-NANCY H., VAZQUEZ J., AGUILAR-ROBLERO R., DRUCKER-COLIN R., CFOS PROTOONCOGENE CHANGES IN RELATION TO REM SLEEP DURATION., Brain Research, enero de 1992; 579(2), 342-346

Ultimas tesis dirigidas

1. Hugo Rey Andrade (estudiante), Generalización de la percepción temporal en humanos: transferencia de aprendizaje entre tareas de categorización e identificación de intervalos, Modalidad: Tesis, Maestría en Ciencias, Neurobiología, Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiologia, Instituto de Neurobiologia, Fecha de presentación de examen: 10/04/2025, Merchant Nancy Hugo (Director)

2. Pamela García Saldivar (estudiante), Reorganización del circuito del área motora suplementaria y ganglios basales después del aprendizaje de una tarea rítmica de movimientos en el primate. , Modalidad: Postulación, Doctorado en Psicología UNAM, Doctorado, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 07/10/2024, Merchant Nancy Hugo (Director), Concha Loyola Luis (Director)

3. Itzamná Carlos Sánchez Moncada (estudiante), Participación de las cortezas premotoras en el fenómeno de generalización temporal entre tareas de percepción temporal y tareas rítmicas motoras, Modalidad: Obtención de grado, Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas UNAM, Doctorado, INB, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 16/08/2024, Merchant Nancy Hugo (Director)

4. Juan Pablo Márquez Gutiérrez (estudiante), Percepción y producción del ritmo subjetivo de la marcha. , Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestría en Ciencias, Neurobiología UNAM., Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM campus Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 23/09/2020, Merchant Nancy Hugo (Director)

5. Ameyaltzin Castillo Almazán (estudiante), Psicofísica de la reproducción de ritmos complejos en primates humanos y no humanos, Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestría en Ciencias, Neurobiología UNAM, Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 18/09/2020, Merchant Nancy Hugo (Director)

Ultimos libros publicados

1. Hugo Merchant and Victor de Lafuente , Neurobiology of interval timing, 1, 1, , Estados Unidos de América, ISBN: 978-1-4939-1781-5, noviembre de 2014

Capítulos en libros recientes

1. Merchant, H*., Grahn, J., Trainer, L., Rohrmeier, M., and Fitch, TW, The Origins of Musicality, 1, 1a, , Estados Unidos de América, ISBN: 9780262037457, junio de 2018

2. Merchant H., Georgopoulos, AP. , Handbook of Brain Microcircuits. , 4, 4, , Estados Unidos de América, ISBN: g, octubre de 2017

3. Merchant, H., Bartolo, R., Perez, O., Mendez JC., Mendoza, G., Gamez, J., Yc, K. Prado, L. , Neurobiology of interval timing, 1, 1, , Estados Unidos de América, diciembre de 2013

4. Hugo Merchant* and Victor de Lafuente., Neurobiology of Interval Timing, 1, 1, , Estados Unidos de América, diciembre de 2013

5. Meck W.H., Doyere, V., Gruart A., Frontiers in Timing Neuroscience. , 1, 1, , Suiza, 2012