Cortico-basal ganglia plasticity in motor learning

RH Roth, JB Ding - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
One key function of the brain is to control our body's movements, allowing us to interact with
the world around us. Yet, many motor behaviors are not innate but require learning through …

Learning and Control in Motor Cortex across Cell Types and Scales

MN Economo, T Komiyama, Y Kubota… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
The motor cortex is essential for controlling the flexible movements underlying complex
behaviors. Behavioral flexibility involves the ability to integrate and refine new movements …

Layer 5 intratelencephalic neurons in the motor cortex stably encode skilled movement

T Shinotsuka, YR Tanaka, SI Terada… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The primary motor cortex (M1) and the dorsal striatum play a critical role in motor learning
and the retention of learned behaviors. Motor representations of corticostriatal ensembles …

Topographical and cell type-specific connectivity of rostral and caudal forelimb corticospinal neuron populations

LM Carmona, ED Thomas, K Smith, B Tasic, RM Costa… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Corticospinal neurons (CSNs) synapse directly on spinal neurons, a diverse assortment of
cells with unique structural and functional properties necessary for body movements. CSNs …

Long-range connectome of pyramidal neurons in the sensorimotor cortex

M Yao, A Tudi, T Jiang, X An, Q Sun, A Li, ZJ Huang… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
The neocortex mediates information processing through highly organized circuitry that
contains various neuron types. Distinct populations of projection neurons in different cortical …