Reading List 291
Trainees and PIs from the Sensorimotor Superlab at Western University contribute to this reading list. Here are the articles that have interested us this week.
Enjoy!
—the superlab
1
Coding schemes in neural networks learning classification tasks
van Meegen A, Sompolinsky H
Nat Commun 16:3354
2
Purkinje cells of the cerebellum control deceleration of tongue movements
Hage P, Fakharian MA, Shoup AM, Pi JS, Sedaghat-Nejad E, Orozco SP, Jang IK, Looi V, Elseweifi HY, Mohammadrezaei N, Vasserman AN, Arginteanu T, Shadmehr R
PLoS Biol 23:e3003110
3
Modeling neural activity with conditionally linear dynamical systems
Geadah V, Nejatbakhsh A, Lipshutz D, Pillow JW, Williams AH
arXiv [q-bioNC]
4
Acute dentate nucleus deep brain stimulation modulates corticomotor excitability in chronic stroke survivors
Li X, Baker KB, O’Laughlin K, Lin Y-L, Baker K, Chen R, Chen J, Machado AG, Plow EB
Brain Stimul 18:640–648
5
Reward influences movement vigor through multiple motor cortical mechanisms
Smoulder AL, Marino PJ, Oby ER, Snyder SE, Batista AP, Chase SM
bioRxiv:2025.04.09.648001
6
Task-specific motor units in the extrinsic hand muscles control single- and multi-digit tasks of the human hand
Osswald M, Cakici AL, Oliveira DS de, Braun DI, Farina D, Del Vecchio A
J Appl Physiol
7
Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex
Amann LK, Casasnovas V, Gail A
Nat Commun 16:3372
8
Disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen
Chauvin RJ et al.
Cell Rep 44:115570
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To be flexible, or not to be flexible, that is the question
Oya T
J Physiol
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Articles appear on this list because they caught our eye, but their appearance here is not necessarily an endorsement of the work. We hope that you find something on this list you might not otherwise have come across—but, as always, please read with a critical eye.