Cortex commands the performance of skilled movement

Cortex commands the performance of skilled movement

Mammalian cerebral cortex is accepted as being critical for voluntary motor control, but what functions depend on cortex is still unclear. Here we used rapid, reversible optogenetic inhibition to test the role of cortex during a head-fixed task in which mice reach, grab, and eat a food pellet. Sudde...

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Main Authors: Jian-Zhong Guo, Austin R Graves, Wendy W Guo, Jihong Zheng, Allen Lee, Juan Rodríguez-González, Nuo Li, John J Macklin, James W Phillips, Brett D Mensh, Kristin Branson, Adam W Hantman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-12-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
motor control
cortex
optogenetics
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/10774

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/10774

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