Developmental neuroscience: how twitches make sense

Darshana Z Narayanan; Asif A Ghazanfar

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.052

Developmental neuroscience: how twitches make sense

Curr Biol. 2014 Oct 6;24(19):R971-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.052.

Authors

Darshana Z Narayanan¹, Asif A Ghazanfar²

Affiliations

¹ Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
² Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. Electronic address: asifg@princeton.edu.

PMID: 25291642
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.052

Abstract

Animals refine the mechanics of their own bodies through sensorimotor feedback produced by physical interactions with the environment. A new study sheds light on how developing mammals may use sensations produced by spontaneous movements made during sleep to construct their sensorimotor maps.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Male
Motor Cortex / physiology*
Movement*
Proprioception*
Signal Transduction*
Sleep, REM*