title: What to do, or how to do it?
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Ajemian et al. present a computational model of the activity of neurons in primary motor cortex (M1) during isometric movements in different postures. By modeling the output of M1 neurons in terms of their influence on muscles, they find each M1 neuron maps its output into a particular pattern of muscle actions.
authors.affiliation: Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Bijan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pesaran
authors.forename: J Anthony
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Movshon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*