Motor systems: reaching out and grasping the molecular tools

Kuikui Zhou; Daniel M Wolpert; Chris I De Zeeuw

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.048

Motor systems: reaching out and grasping the molecular tools

Kuikui Zhou, Daniel M Wolpert, Chris I De Zeeuw

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)

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Abstract

Two recent studies provide important insights into the organization of premotor circuitries, showing that control of highly-specific skilled forelimb movements, such as reaching and grasping, requires activation of specific subpopulations of neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R269-71
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	24
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.048
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2014

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