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Different population dynamics in the supplementary motor area and motor cortex during reaching

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Τίτλος: Different population dynamics in the supplementary motor area and motor cortex during reaching
Συγγραφείς: Lara, Antonio Homero, Cunningham, James P., Churchland, Mark M.
Έτος έκδοσης: 2018
Συλλογή: Columbia University: Academic Commons
Θεματικοί όροι: Motor cortex, Memory--Physiological aspects, Brain--Physiology, Visual perception--Data processing, Sensory stimulation, Neurology
Περιγραφή: Neural populations perform computations through their collective activity. Different computations likely require different population-level dynamics. We leverage this assumption to examine neural responses recorded from the supplementary motor area (SMA) and motor cortex. During visually guided reaching, the respective roles of these areas remain unclear; neurons in both areas exhibit preparation-related activity and complex patterns of movement-related activity. To explore population dynamics, we employ a novel “hypothesis-guided” dimensionality reduction approach. This approach reveals commonalities but also stark differences: linear population dynamics, dominated by rotations, are prominent in motor cortex but largely absent in SMA. In motor cortex, the observed dynamics produce patterns resembling muscle activity. Conversely, the non-rotational patterns in SMA co-vary with cues regarding when movement should be initiated. Thus, while SMA and motor cortex display superficially similar single-neuron responses during visually guided reaching, their different population dynamics indicate they are likely performing quite different computations.
Τύπος εγγράφου: article in journal/newspaper
Γλώσσα: English
DOI: 10.7916/d8-0a1x-7b98
Διαθεσιμότητα: https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-0a1x-7b98
Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: edsbas.6D5A94A0
Βάση Δεδομένων: BASE