Motor networks: shifting coalitions.
Are central motor networks composed of task-specific dedicated neurons or are the neurons multifunctional, entering shifting coalitions for particular tasks to form different functional networks? Recent experiments elegantly indicate the latter.
Calabrese
Ronald L
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Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. ronald.calabrese@emory.edu
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