Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Streamlined sensory motor communication through cortical reciprocal connectivity in a visually guided eye movement task

  • Takahide Itokazu,
  • Masashi Hasegawa,
  • Rui Kimura,
  • Hironobu Osaki,
  • Urban-Raphael Albrecht,
  • Kazuhiro Sohya,
  • Shubhodeep Chakrabarti,
  • Hideaki Itoh,
  • Tetsufumi Ito,
  • Tatsuo K. Sato,
  • Takashi R. Sato

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02501-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Reciprocal connectivity enables tightly coupled information processing across cortical areas. Here the authors develop a visual oculomotor task in mice, identify a small motor area required for it, and demonstrate selective exchange of sensory and motor information between the motor and sensory areas.