title: Systems Neuroscience: How the Cortex Contributes to Skilled Movements.
abstract: A recent study demonstrates how acute neural circuit manipulations can lead to overestimations of circuit function, while chronic manipulations can reveal compensatory modes of plasticity that restore behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. Electronic address: kpratt4@uwyo.edu.
authors.forename: Kara G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Prather
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D062308:Optogenetics