Reading List 328

readinglist
Published

April 10, 2026

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

Prefrontal cortex encodes behavior states decoupled from motor execution
Rautio IV, Nevjen F, Hem I, Dunn BA, Whitlock JR (2026)
Cell Rep 45:117138

2

Prenatal and early postnatal periods differentially shape the maturation of human cortical microstructure and myelin
Tsigaras T, Dukart J, Oldham S, Eickhoff SB, Paquola C (2026)
PLoS Biol 24:e3003722

3

Laminar CBV and BOLD response characteristics over time and space in the human primary somatosensory cortex at 7T
Dresbach S, Gulban OF, Steinbach T, Eck J, Kashyap S, Kaas A, Weiskopf N, Goebel R, Huber R (2026)
Imaging Neurosci (Camb) 4:IMAG.a.1157

4

Cognition emerges from phase dynamics of intrinsic coordination
Song Y, Chen J, Calhoun VD, Iraji A (2026)
bioRxivorg:2026.03.26.714488

5

Rapid concerted switching of the neural code in the inferotemporal cortex
Shi Y, Bi D, Hesse JK, Lanfranchi FF, Chen S, Tsao DY (2026)
Nature:1–10

6

Thalamic activation of the visual cortex at the single-synapse level
Chen Y, Kloos M, Varga Z, Zhang Y, Piro I, Sato TK, Sakmann B, Nelken I, Konnerth A (2026)
Science 391:1349–1354

7

Reciprocal fronto-parietal interactions support motor anticipation during sequential reaching
Bardanikas G, Jana S, Meirhaeghe N, Barthelemy F, Riehle A, Grün S, Brovelli A, Brochier T (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.03.03.709252

8

Active dissociation of intracortical spiking and high gamma activity
Lei T, Scheid MR, Flint RD, Glaser JI, Slutzky MW (2026)
Nature:1–7

9

Cerebellar contributions to action and cognition: Prediction, timescale, and continuity
Tsay JS, Ivry RB (2026)
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 123:e2524258123

10

Stretch-evoked motor responses in the brainstem are modulated by task instructions
Nikonowicz RC, Reddy NA, Medina MC, Bright MG, Sergi F (2026)
bioRxiv:2026.04.03.716388

11

Faster fowl fall frequently: speed and force regulation during turning maneuvers by guinea fowl on high and low friction terrains
Goldsmith H, Hall J, Daley MA (2026)
J Exp Biol 229:jeb250929

12

Extracellular spike waveforms: Morphology, biophysics, and classification strategies
Sun SH, Ibbotson MR (2026)
J Neurosci 46:e1741252025

13

Open questions in elucidating neural mechanisms underlying sensory-guided motor control
Q&A (2026)
Nat Commun 17:3260

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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.