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NEURON
Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 964-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.030
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- NIH NINDS [NS074044, F31 NS092356, T32 HD07418, NS053603]
- European Commission [FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF-627384]
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Long-term learning of language, mathematics, and motor skills likely requires cortical plasticity, but behavior often requires much faster changes, sometimes even after single errors. Here, we propose one neural mechanism to rapidly develop new motor output without altering the functional connectivity within or between cortical areas. We tested corticocortical models relating the activity of hundreds of neurons in the premotor (PMd) and primary motor (M1) cortices throughout adaptation to reaching movement perturbations. We found a signature of learning in the output-null subspace of PMd with respect to M1 reflecting the ability of premotor cortex to alter preparatory activity without directly influencing Ml. The output-null subspace planning activity evolved with adaptation, yet the output-potent mapping that captures information sent to M1 was preserved. Our results illustrate a population-level cortical mechanism to progressively adjust the output from one brain area to its downstream structures that could be exploited for rapid behavioral adaptation.
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