Opponent control of behavior by dorsomedial striatal pathways depends on task demands and internal state

SS Bolkan, IR Stone, L Pinto, ZC Ashwood… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A classic view of the striatum holds that activity in direct and indirect pathways oppositely
modulates motor output. Whether this involves direct control of movement, or reflects a …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-wide neural activity underlying memory-guided movement

S Chen, Y Liu, ZA Wang, J Colonell, LD Liu, H Hou… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Behavior relies on activity in structured neural circuits that are distributed across the brain,
but most experiments probe neurons in a single area at a time. Using multiple Neuropixels …

Superior colliculus bidirectionally modulates choice activity in frontal cortex

A Thomas, W Yang, C Wang, SL Tipparaju… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Action selection occurs through competition between potential choice options. Neural
correlates of choice competition are observed across frontal cortex and downstream …

Feasibility of dopamine as a vector-valued feedback signal in the basal ganglia

E Wärnberg, A Kumar - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
It is well established that midbrain dopaminergic neurons support reinforcement learning
(RL) in the basal ganglia by transmitting a reward prediction error (RPE) to the striatum. In …

The secondary motor cortex-striatum circuit contributes to suppressing inappropriate responses in perceptual decision behavior

J Liu, D Liu, X Pu, K Zou, T Xie, Y Li, H Yao - Neuroscience bulletin, 2023 - Springer
The secondary motor cortex (M2) encodes choice-related information and plays an
important role in cue-guided actions. M2 neurons innervate the dorsal striatum (DS), which …

[HTML][HTML] Superior colliculus cell types bidirectionally modulate choice activity in frontal cortex

A Thomas, W Yang, C Wang, SL Tipparaju, G Chen… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Action selection occurs through competition between potential choice options. Neural
correlates of choice competition are observed across frontal cortex and downstream …

The frontal cortex adjusts striatal integrator dynamics for flexible motor timing

Z Yang, M Inagaki, C Gerfen, L Fontolan, HK Inagaki - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Flexible control of motor timing is crucial for behavior. Before movement begins, the frontal
cortex and striatum exhibit ramping spiking activity, with variable ramp slopes anticipating …

A blueprint for examining striatal control of cognition

EN Holly, E Díaz-Hernández, MV Fuccillo - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
In a recent study, Bolkan, Stone, and colleagues demonstrated that direct and indirect
striatal pathways in mice exert opponent control over choice behavior in a task-and state …

Vector-valued dopamine improves learning of continuous outputs in the striatum

E Wärnberg, A Kumar - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
It is well established that midbrain dopaminergic neurons support reinforcement learning
(RL) in the basal ganglia by transmitting a reward prediction error (RPE) to the striatum. In …