PLoS Biology (Jun 2015)

Learning with the Spinal Cord.

  • Richard Robinson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002187
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 6
p. e1002187

Abstract

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To what extent does the spinal cord play a role in the learning of motor tasks? A new study that simultaneously images the brain and spinal cord shows that the spinal cord is actively and independently involved in the earliest stages of motor learning.