Conserved structures of neural activity in sensorimotor cortex of freely moving rats allow cross-subject decoding

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 7420 - 14
• Main Authors: Melbaum, Svenja, Russo, Eleonora, Eriksson, David, Schneider, Artur, Durstewitz, Daniel, Brox, Thomas, Diester, Ilka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.12.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378/2632/1663; 631/378/2632/2635; Activity patterns; Animals; Behavior; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Decoding; Electrodes; Generalization, Psychological; Hemispheric laterality; Human-computer interface; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interfaces; multidisciplinary; Neurons; Population structure; Rats; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sensorimotor Cortex; Somatosensory cortex

Our knowledge about neuronal activity in the sensorimotor cortex relies primarily on stereotyped movements that are strictly controlled in experimental settings. It remains unclear how results can be carried over to less constrained behavior like that of freely moving subjects. Toward this goal, we...