More than 20 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.

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1

Multifaceted atlases of the human brain in its infancy
Ahmad S, Wu Y, Wu Z, Thung K-H, Liu S, Lin W, Li G, Wang L, Yap P-T
Nat Methods

2

Bayesian surprise shapes neural responses in somatosensory cortical circuits
English G, Ghasemi Nejad N, Sommerfelt M, Yanik MF, von der Behrens W
Cell Rep

3

Sensory constraints on volitional modulation of the motor cortex
Fisac CF, Chase SM
bioRxiv:2023.01.22.525098

4

Common synaptic input, synergies and size principle: Control of spinal motor neurons for movement generation
Hug F, Avrillon S, Ibáñez J, Farina D
J Physiol

5

The effects of biological sex on estimates of persistent inward currents in the human lower limb
Jenz ST, Beauchamp JA, Gomes MM, Negro F, Heckman CJ, Pearcey GEP
bioRxiv:2022.10.09.511486

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Reduced dimension stimulus decoding and column-based modeling reveal architectural differences of primary somatosensory finger maps between younger and older adults
Kalyani A, Contier O, Klemm L, Azañon E, Schreiber S, Speck O, Reichert C, Kuehn E
bioRxiv:2023.01.30.526109

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Individual sensorimotor adaptation characteristics are independent across orofacial speech movements and limb reaching movements
Kitchen NM, Kim KS, Wang PZ, Hermosillo RJ, Max L
J Neurophysiol

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Morphology, connectivity and encoding features of tactile and motor representations of the fingers in the human precentral and postcentral gyrus
Mastria G, Scaliti E, Mehring C, Burdet E, Becchio C, Serino A, Akselrod M
J Neurosci

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Different time encoding strategies within the medial premotor areas of the primate
Merchant H, Mendoza G, Pérez O, Betancourt A, Garcia-Saldivar P, Prado L
bioRxiv:2023.01.28.526038

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Pyramidal cell types drive functionally distinct cortical activity patterns during decision-making
Musall S, Sun XR, Mohan H, An X, Gluf S, Li S-J, Drewes R, Cravo E, Lenzi I, Yin C, Kampa BM, Churchland AK
Nat Neurosci

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Olov Oscarsson’s Description of Afferent Pathways to the Cerebellum: Excellent Physiology, Base for Anatomy, and Road Toward Understanding Function
Ruigrok TJH
Cerebellum

12

Single-trial dynamics of competing reach plans in the human motor periphery
Selen LPJ, Corneil BD, Pieter Medendorp W
bioRxiv:765180

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Temporal dynamics of the sensorimotor convergence underlying voluntary limb movement
Umeda T, Isa T, Nishimura Y
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

14

Adaptive control is reversed between hands after left hemisphere stroke and lost following right hemisphere stroke
Varghese R, Gordon J, Sainburg RL, Winstein CJ, Schweighofer N
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA

15

A cellular taxonomy of the adult human spinal cord
Yadav A et al.
Neuron

16

Can a Fish Learn to Ride a Bicycle? Sensorimotor Adaptation to Destabilizing Dynamics in Weakly Electric Fish
Yang Y, Yared DG, Cowan NJ
bioRxiv:2023.01.27.525956


Superlab Papers

Selective recruitment: Evidence for task-dependent gating of inputs to the cerebellum
Shahshahani L, King M, Nettekoven C, Ivry R, Diedrichsen J
bioRxiv:2023.01.25.525395


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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.