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Sci Adv ; 8(10): eabj5167, 2022 Mar 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35263129

ABSTRACT

The interaction of descending neocortical outputs and subcortical premotor circuits is critical for shaping skilled movements. Two broad classes of motor cortical output projection neurons provide input to many subcortical motor areas: pyramidal tract (PT) neurons, which project throughout the neuraxis, and intratelencephalic (IT) neurons, which project within the cortex and subcortical striatum. It is unclear whether these classes are functionally in series or whether each class carries distinct components of descending motor control signals. Here, we combine large-scale neural recordings across all layers of motor cortex with cell type-specific perturbations to study cortically dependent mouse motor behaviors: kinematically variable manipulation of a joystick and a kinematically precise reach-to-grasp. We find that striatum-projecting IT neuron activity preferentially represents amplitude, whereas pons-projecting PT neurons preferentially represent the variable direction of forelimb movements. Thus, separable components of descending motor cortical commands are distributed across motor cortical projection cell classes.

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Nat Neurosci ; 22(11): 1945, 2019 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31576055

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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

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Nat Neurosci ; 22(11): 1925-1935, 2019 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31527803

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The thalamus is the central communication hub of the forebrain and provides the cerebral cortex with inputs from sensory organs, subcortical systems and the cortex itself. Multiple thalamic regions send convergent information to each cortical region, but the organizational logic of thalamic projections has remained elusive. Through comprehensive transcriptional analyses of retrogradely labeled thalamic neurons in adult mice, we identify three major profiles of thalamic pathways. These profiles exist along a continuum that is repeated across all major projection systems, such as those for vision, motor control and cognition. The largest component of gene expression variation in the mouse thalamus is topographically organized, with features conserved in humans. Transcriptional differences between these thalamic neuronal identities are tied to cellular features that are critical for function, such as axonal morphology and membrane properties. Molecular profiling therefore reveals covariation in the properties of thalamic pathways serving all major input modalities and output targets, thus establishing a molecular framework for understanding the thalamus.


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Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology , Thalamus/anatomy & histology , Action Potentials , Animals , Atlases as Topic , Cerebral Cortex/metabolism , Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Humans , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Neural Pathways/anatomy & histology , Neural Pathways/metabolism , Neural Pathways/physiology , Thalamus/metabolism , Thalamus/physiology , Transcriptome
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Elife ; 4: e10774, 2015 Dec 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26633811

ABSTRACT

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. Sudden cortical inhibition blocked initiation or froze execution of this skilled prehension behavior, but left untrained forelimb movements unaffected. Unexpectedly, kinematically normal prehension occurred immediately after cortical inhibition, even during rest periods lacking cue and pellet. This 'rebound' prehension was only evoked in trained and food-deprived animals, suggesting that a motivation-gated motor engram sufficient to evoke prehension is activated at inhibition's end. These results demonstrate the necessity and sufficiency of cortical activity for enacting a learned skill.


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Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Feeding Behavior , Locomotion , Animals , Mice , Optogenetics
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