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ArticleNature2025

Motor learning refines thalamic influence on motor cortex.

Assaf Ramot, Felix H Taschbach, Yun C Yang, Yuxin Hu, Qiyu Chen, Bobbie C Morales, Xinyi C Wang, An Wu, Kay M Tye, Marcus K Benna and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Assaf Ramot *Department of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Felix H Taschbach *Department of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5345-5787
Yun C YangDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yuxin HuDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Qiyu ChenDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4589-1332
Bobbie C MoralesDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4209-6309
Xinyi C WangDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
An WuDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Kay M TyeSalk Institute for Biological Studies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2435-0182
Marcus K BennaDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. mbenna@ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8100-2857
Takaki KomiyamaDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. tkomiyama@ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9609-4600

Funding

Cortical Control of Motor LearningR01NS091010 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KOMIYAMA, TAKAKI · 2015 to 2024
$3.7M
Deconstructing Functional Circuits of Motor Cortex During Motor Learning - Microscope Repair Administrative SupplementR01NS125298 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Takaki Komiyama · 2022 to 2026
$2.8M
Cortical plasticity during reinforcement learning - Diversity SupplementR01MH128746 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Takaki Komiyama · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Context-dependent plasticity of adult-born neuronsR01DC018545 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KOMIYAMA, TAKAKI · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018545NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH128746NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091010NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS125298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primary motor cortex (M1) is central for the learning and execution of dexterous motor skills

Indexed as

LearningMotor CortexMotor SkillsThalamusAnimalsAxonsFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMovementNeural PathwaysNeuronsOptogenetics

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PMID40335698

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