Neuroscience

Neural signatures of motor memories emerge in neural network models

1. Joanna C Chang
2. Claudia Clopath
3. Juan A Gallego

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  eLife Assessment

  This study presents valuable computational findings on the neural basis of learning new motor memories without interfering with previously learned behaviours using recurrent neural networks. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid, but it would benefit from stronger and clearer links with experimental findings. This work will be of interest to computational and experimental neuroscientists working in motor learning.

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Widespread cortical representations of innate behaviors in the mouse

1. Nicholas J Michelson
2. Pankaj K Gupta
3. Timothy H Murphy

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  eLife Assessment

  This valuable work shows that subcortically-generated behaviors, like grooming, can have widespread representations in cortical activity. While the evidence is solid, additional analyses are necessary to strengthen the claims associated with outsized cortical representations of grooming onsets, as well as to address atypical grooming events. This work will be of interest to neuroscientists interested in how subcortically-generated behaviors are represented across the cortex.

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NDR kinase SAX-1 controls dendrite branch-specific elimination during neuronal remodeling in C. elegans

1. Paola V. Figueroa-Delgado
2. Shaul Yogev

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