Reposted by Tim Machado
Our paper is out in Nature, congrats to Qiyu, An et al!
By stimulating ~20 motor cortex neurons carefully selected based on their activity, we could induce learned population activity and, sometimes, the movement itself, depending on the brain's state.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Targeted stimulation of motor cortex ensembles drives learned movements - Nature
Optogenetic stimulation of motor-cortex neuron ensembles shows that precisely timed activity in the primary motor cortex can generate learned neural patterns and movements, demonstrating an active rol...
