Ramping dynamics in the frontal cortex unfold over multiple timescales during motor planning
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Neuronal responses in the cortex are diverse, but the nature and functional consequences of this diversity remain ambiguous. We identified a specific pattern of temporal heterogeneity in the mouse frontal motor cortex, whereby the firing of different neurons ramps up at varying speeds before the execution of a movement. Our decoding analyses reveal that this heterogeneity in ramping dynamics enables precise and reliable encoding of movement plans and time across various timescales.
