Reading List 296

readinglist
Published

May 23, 2025

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

Systems consolidation reorganizes hippocampal engram circuitry
Ko SY, Rong Y, Ramsaran AI, Chen X, Rashid AJ, Mocle AJ, Dhaliwal J, Awasthi A, Guskjolen A, Josselyn SA, Frankland PW
Nature

2

An “Aha!” moment precedes the strategic response to a visuomotor rotation
Townsend M, Warburton M, Campagnoli C, Mon-Williams M, Mushtaq F, Morehead JR
bioRxiv:2025.05.11.653302

3

Bilateral integration in somatosensory cortex is controlled by behavioral relevance
Park H, Keri HVS, Yoo C, Bi C, Pluta SR
Nat Neurosci

4

Neural Population Mechanisms for Flexible Sensorimotor Control
Kalidindi H, Crevecoeur F
bioRxiv:2025.05.15.654192

5

Adaptation in somatosensory afferents improves rate and temporal coding of vibrotactile stimulus features
Halawa A, Dedek C, Medlock L, Al-Basha D, Ratte S, Prescott SA
bioRxiv:2025.05.06.652367

6

Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification
Qian X et al.
Nature

7

Network influence determines the impact of cortical ensembles on stimulus detection
Bounds HA, Adesnik H
Neuron

8

Activity-dependent development of the body’s touch receptors
Santiago C, Siegrist J, Africawala N, Handler A, Tasnim A, Anjum R, Turecek J, Lehnert BP, Renauld S, Choi J, Nolan-Tamariz M, Iskols M, Magee AR, Paradis S, Sharma N, Ginty DD
Neuron

9

The human brainstem’s red nucleus was upgraded to support goal-directed action
Krimmel SR et al.
Nat Commun 16:3398

10

Optimal focused ultrasound lesion location in essential tremor
Chua MMJ et al.
Sci Adv 11:eadp0532

11

High–resolution laminar recordings reveal structure–function relationships in monkey V1
Carr N, Zhu S, Lee EK, Xia R, Chen X, Perliss A, Moore T, Chandrasekaran C
bioRxiv:2025.05.14.653875

12

Compositional pretraining improves computational efficiency and matches animal behaviour on complex tasks
Hocker D, Constantinople CM, Savin C
Nat Mach Intell

13

Constructing future behavior in the hippocampal formation through composition and replay
Bakermans JJW, Warren J, Whittington JCR, Behrens TEJ
Nat Neurosci 28:1061–1072

14

Sensorimotor transformations for postural control in the vermis of the cerebellum
Mildren RL, Cullen KE
J Neurosci 45:e0249252025

15

Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation aids recovery from spinal cord injury
Kilgard MP, Epperson JD, Adehunoluwa EA, Swank C, Porter AL, Pruitt DT, Gallaway HL, Stevens C, Gillespie J, Arnold D, Powers MB, Hamilton RG, Naftalis RC, Foreman ML, Wigginton JG, Hays SA, Rennaker RL
Nature

16

Corticothalamic neurons in motor cortex have a permissive role in motor execution
Carmona LM, Nelson A, Tun LT, Kim A, Shiao R, Kissner MD, Menon V, Costa RM
Nat Commun 16

17

Autonomic responses to proprioceptive and visual errors during single-trial reach adaptation
Nogami M, Hagura N, Yokoi A
bioRxiv:2025.03.31.646172

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Disclaimer

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.