Here are the articles that we are reading this week, featuring work by @meganinlisbon, @Franklandlab, @sjo09, @PresNCM, @smickdougle, @ivrylab, and others.

Enjoy!
—Paul, Andrew & Jörn

1

Differentially synchronized spiking enables multiplexed neural coding
Lankarany, M., Al-Basha, D., Ratté, S., and Prescott, S.A.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812171116

2

Visual Perception of Joint Stiffness from Multi-Joint Motion
Huber, M.E., Folinus, C., and Hogan, N.
J. Neurophysiol. (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00514.2018

An intriguing result that is perhaps a first step towards finding out if/how observers extract information related to mechanical impedance from vision of motion.

3

The influence of task outcome on implicit motor learning
Kim, H.E., Parvin, D.E., and Ivry, R.B.
Elife 8, e39882 (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39882

4

Memory formation in the absence of experience
Vetere, G., Tran, L.M., Moberg, S., Steadman, P.E., Restivo, L., Morrison, F.G., Ressler, K.J., Josselyn, S.A., and Frankland, P.W.
Nature Neuroscience (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0389-0

Sounds like science fiction for sure, and raises some interesting questions about the nature of experience and memory. An amazing technical tour-de-force worth reading. See the tweet thread for more.

5

Spatial and Temporal Locomotor Learning in Mouse Cerebellum
Darmohray, D.M., Jacobs, J.R., Marques, H.G., and Carey, M.R.
Neuron (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.038

Another paper from the Carey lab (@meganinlisbon), which is doing some really amazing work on motor learning in a mouse model of split-belt treadmill locomotion.

6

Neural Signatures of Prediction Errors in a Decision-Making Task Are Modulated by Action Execution Failures
McDougle, S.D., Butcher, P.A., Parvin, D.E., Mushtaq, F., Niv, Y., Ivry, R.B., and Taylor, J.A.
Curr. Biol. (2019)
https://www.cell.com/article/S0960982219304099/abstract

7

Obtaining and maintaining cortical hand representation as evidenced from acquired and congenital handlessness
Wesselink, D.B., van den Heiligenberg, F.M., Ejaz, N., Dempsey-Jones, H., Cardinali, L., Tarall-Jozwiak, A., Diedrichsen, J., and Makin, T.R.
Elife 8 (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37227

8

Responses of somatosensory area 2 neurons to actively and passively generated limb movements
London, B.M., and Miller, L.E.
J. Neurophysiol. 109, 1505–1513 (2013)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00372.2012

From 2013—Clear and well-written, it’s enjoyable to read.

9

Titin force is enhanced in actively stretched skeletal muscle
Powers, K., Schappacher-Tilp, G., Jinha, A., Leonard, T., Nishikawa, K., and Herzog, W.
J. Exp. Biol. 217, 3629–3636 (2014)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.105361

Kiisa Nishikawa gave a great talk at NCM this year in Toyama, Japan. In this paper from 2014 she and her colleagues continue to challenge the sliding filament-based cross-bridge model of muscle contraction, and describe the role of the elastic protein called titin in generating force in active muscle.


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