Motor cortex — to act or not to act?

Distinct neural circuits for control of movement vs. holding still

(2017) Reza Shadmehr   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Reorganization of corticospinal output during motor learning

(2017) Andrew J Peters et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Map of Anticipatory Activity in Mouse Motor Cortex

(2017) Tsai-Wen Chen et al.   NEURON

Distinct Sources of Deterministic and Stochastic Components of Action Timing Decisions in Rodent Frontal Cortex

(2017) Masayoshi Murakami et al.   NEURON

Secondary Motor Cortex: Where ‘Sensory’ Meets ‘Motor’ in the Rodent Frontal Cortex

(2017) Florent Barthas et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Parvalbumin-Expressing GABAergic Neurons in Primary Motor Cortex Signal Reaching

(2017) Luc Estebanez et al.   Cell Reports

Evolution and Development of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

(2017) Zoltán Molnár et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Complementary Contributions of Striatal Projection Pathways to Action Initiation and Execution

(2016) Fatuel Tecuapetla et al.   CELL

Neural underpinnings of the evidence accumulator

(2016) Carlos D Brody et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Vibrissa motor cortex activity suppresses contralateral whisking behavior

(2016) Christian Laut Ebbesen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Inhibition, Not Excitation, Drives Rhythmic Whisking

(2016) Martin Deschênes et al.   NEURON

Movement Initiation Signals in Mouse Whisker Motor Cortex

(2016) Varun Sreenivasan et al.   NEURON

Stereotypic wheel running decreases cortical activity in mice

(2016) Simon P. Fisher et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative three-dimensional connectome map of motor cortical projections in the mouse brain

(2016) Minju Jeong et al.   Scientific Reports

Distinct roles of visual, parietal, and frontal motor cortices in memory-guided sensorimotor decisions

(2016) Michael J Goard et al.   eLife

Identification of a Spinal Circuit for Light Touch and Fine Motor Control

(2015) Steeve Bourane et al.   CELL

The basal ganglia downstream control of brainstem motor centres—an evolutionarily conserved strategy

(2015) Sten Grillner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Mistakes were made: Neural mechanisms for the adaptive control of action initiation by the medial prefrontal cortex

(2015) Mark Laubach et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-PARIS

Reproducibility: Experimental mismatch in neural circuits

(2015) Thomas C. Südhof   NATURE

A motor cortex circuit for motor planning and movement

(2015) Nuo Li et al.   NATURE

Acute off-target effects of neural circuit manipulations

(2015) Timothy M. Otchy et al.   NATURE

Distinct relationships of parietal and prefrontal cortices to evidence accumulation

(2015) Timothy D. Hanks et al.   NATURE

Motor Cortex Is Required for Learning but Not for Executing a Motor Skill

(2015) Risa Kawai et al.   NEURON

Competing Neural Ensembles in Motor Cortex Gate Goal-Directed Motor Output

(2015) Edward Zagha et al.   NEURON

Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Behavioral State-Dependent Bidirectional Modulation of Motor Cortex Output

(2015) Julia Schiemann et al.   Cell Reports

Cortex commands the performance of skilled movement

(2015) Jian-Zhong Guo et al.   eLife

Parallel pathways from motor and somatosensory cortex for controlling whisker movements in mice

(2014) Varun Sreenivasan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Emergence of reproducible spatiotemporal activity during motor learning

(2014) Andrew J. Peters et al.   NATURE

Direct and indirect pathways of basal ganglia: a critical reappraisal

(2014) Paolo Calabresi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Neural antecedents of self-initiated actions in secondary motor cortex

(2014) Masayoshi Murakami et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A genuine layer 4 in motor cortex with prototypical synaptic circuit connectivity

(2014) Naoki Yamawaki et al.   eLife

Cortical Control of Arm Movements: A Dynamical Systems Perspective

(2013) Krishna V. Shenoy et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

What We Know Currently about Mirror Neurons

(2013) J.M. Kilner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

M1 Corticospinal Mirror Neurons and Their Role in Movement Suppression during Action Observation

(2013) Ganesh Vigneswaran et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The roles of monkey M1 neuron classes in movement preparation and execution

(2013) Matthew T. Kaufman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Organization of Cortical and Thalamic Input to Pyramidal Neurons in Mouse Motor Cortex

(2013) B. M. Hooks et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Rhythmic Whisking Area (RW) in Rat Primary Motor Cortex: An Internal Monitor of Movement-Related Signals?

(2013) T. V. Gerdjikov et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Hierarchy of orofacial rhythms revealed through whisking and breathing

(2013) Jeffrey D. Moore et al.   NATURE

Concurrent activation of striatal direct and indirect pathways during action initiation

(2013) Guohong Cui et al.   NATURE

Mapping brain circuitry with a light microscope

(2013) Pavel Osten et al.   NATURE METHODS

Convergent cortical innervation of striatal projection neurons

(2013) Geraldine J Kress et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Membrane potential correlates of sensory perception in mouse barrel cortex

(2013) Shankar Sachidhanandam et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Flow of Cortical Activity Underlying a Tactile Decision in Mice

(2013) Zengcai V. Guo et al.   NEURON

Intrinsic Electrophysiology of Mouse Corticospinal Neurons: a Class-Specific Triad of Spike-Related Properties

(2012) B. A. Suter et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Negative motor phenomena in cortical stimulation: implications for inhibitory control of human action

(2012) Elisa Filevich et al.   CORTEX

Electrophysiological classes of layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in monkey prefrontal cortex

(2012) A. V. Zaitsev et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The Activity of Primary Motor Cortex Corticospinal Neurons during Tool Use by Macaque Monkeys

(2012) M. M. Quallo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Multiple dynamic representations in the motor cortex during sensorimotor learning

(2012) D. Huber et al.   NATURE

Distinct Cortical Circuit Mechanisms for Complex Forelimb Movement and Motor Map Topography

(2012) Thomas C. Harrison et al.   NEURON

Intentional inhibition in human action: The power of ‘no’

(2012) Elisa Filevich et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Motoring ahead with rodents

(2011) Bence P Ölveczky   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Vibrissae motor cortex unit activity during whisking

(2011) Wendy A. Friedman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The Role of the Supplementary Motor Area in Inhibitory Control in Monkeys and Humans

(2011) C. Wardak   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Large Identified Pyramidal Cells in Macaque Motor and Premotor Cortex Exhibit "Thin Spikes": Implications for Cell Type Classification

(2011) G. Vigneswaran et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Role of rodent secondary motor cortex in value-based action selection

(2011) Jung Hoon Sul et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Movement, Confusion, and Orienting in Frontal Cortices

(2011) Michael Brecht   NEURON

Primary Motor Cortex Reports Efferent Control of Vibrissa Motion on Multiple Timescales

(2011) Daniel N. Hill et al.   NEURON

A Cortical Substrate for Memory-Guided Orienting in the Rat

(2011) Jeffrey C. Erlich et al.   NEURON

Prefrontal Cortex and Impulsive Decision Making

(2010) Soyoun Kim et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Neurons in primary motor cortex engaged during action observation

(2010) Juliana Dushanova et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Differences in Movement Mechanics, Electromyographic, and Motor Cortex Activity Between Accurate and Nonaccurate Stepping

(2010) Irina N. Beloozerova et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Membrane Potential Dynamics of GABAergic Neurons in the Barrel Cortex of Behaving Mice

(2010) Luc J. Gentet et al.   NEURON

Motor Control by Sensory Cortex

(2010) F. Matyas et al.   SCIENCE

Automated light-based mapping of motor cortex by photoactivation of channelrhodopsin-2 transgenic mice

(2009) Oliver G S Ayling et al.   NATURE METHODS

Microcircuitry coordination of cortical motor information in self-initiation of voluntary movements

(2009) Yoshikazu Isomura et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion: moving in a new direction

(2009) Martyn Goulding   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Direct Activation of Sparse, Distributed Populations of Cortical Neurons by Electrical Microstimulation

(2009) Mark H. Histed et al.   NEURON

Subdivisions of primary motor cortex based on cortico-motoneuronal cells

(2009) Jean-Alban Rathelot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Descending Pathways in Motor Control

(2008) Roger N. Lemon   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Motor cortex stroke impairs individual digit movement in skilled reaching by the rat

(2008) Mariam Alaverdashvili et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

An enduring map of the motor cortex

(2008) R. N. Lemon   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Functional role of the supplementary and pre-supplementary motor areas

(2008) Parashkev Nachev et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

The mirror world of motor inhibition: the alien hand syndrome in chronic stroke

(2007) M Brainin et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY