Motor "binding:" do functional assemblies in primary motor cortex have a role?
In this issue of Neuron, Jackson and colleagues describe a functional correlate of neural synchrony related to movement control. Synchrony strength in cortico-motoneuronal output neurons in primary motor cortex depended upon similarity of these neurons' connectivity pattern with the spinal cord. These results could form the foundation for subsequent investigations of motor binding.
Sanes
Jerome N
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Department of Neuroscience, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
Truccolo
Wilson
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D000818:Animals; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*