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ReviewNeuron2024

Cortico-basal ganglia plasticity in motor learning.

Richard H Roth, Jun B Ding

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Review in Neuron, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Richard H RothDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Electronic address: rhroth@stanford.edu.
Jun B DingDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA; Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; The Phil & Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: dingjun@stanford.edu.

Funding

Dopamine modulation of synaptic plasticity and integration in the striatumR01NS091144 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jun Ding · 2015 to 2026
$4.2M
Role of thalamic modulation in motor learningK99NS130078 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ROTH, RICHARD · 2023 to 2024
$246k
NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS130078NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One key function of the brain is to control our body's movements, allowing us to interact with the world around us. Yet, many motor behaviors are not innate but require learning through repeated practice. Among the brain's motor regions, the cortico-basal ganglia circuit is particularly crucial for acquiring and executing motor skills, and neuronal activity in these regions is directly linked to movement parameters. Cell-type-specific adaptations of activity patterns and synaptic connectivity support the learning of new motor skills. Functionally, neuronal activity sequences become structured and associated with learned movements. On the synaptic level, specific connections become potentiated during learning through mechanisms such as long-term synaptic plasticity and dendritic spine dynamics, which are thought to mediate functional circuit plasticity. These synaptic and circuit adaptations within the cortico-basal ganglia circuitry are thus critical for motor skill acquisition, and disruptions in this plasticity can contribute to movement disorders.

Indexed as

Basal GangliaLearningMotor SkillsNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsCerebral CortexHumansMotor CortexNeural Pathwaysbasal gangliacircuit adaptationdendritic spinesmotor controlmotor cortexmotor learningstriatumsynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID39002543
PMCPMC11309896

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