More than 20 trainees and PIs from the Sensorimotor Superlab at Western University contribute to this reading list. Here are the articles that have interested us this week.

Enjoy!
—the superlab


1

GABA increases sensory transmission in monkeys
Mahrous AA, Liang L, Balaguer J-M, Ho JC, Hari K, Grigsby EM, Karapetyan V, Damiani A, Fields DP, Gonzalez-Martinez JA, Gerszten PC, Bennett DJ, Heckman CJ, Pirondini E, Capogrosso M
bioRxiv:2023.12.28.573467

2

The volitional control of individual motor units is constrained within low-dimensional manifolds by common inputs
Rossato J, Avrillon S, Tucker K, Farina D, Hug F
bioRxiv:2024.01.05.573816

3

The cerebellum
Carey MR
Curr Biol 34:R7–R11

4

Behavioral Motor Performance
Leib R, Howard IS, Millard M, Franklin DW
Comprehensive Physiology 14:5179–5224

5

Broadening the scope ofJNeurosci’s content
Kastner S
J Neurosci 44:e2372232023

6

The low-rank hypothesis of complex systems
Thibeault V, Allard A, Desrosiers P
Nat Phys

7

Keeping time and rhythm by internal simulation of sensory stimuli and behavioral actions
de Lafuente V, Jazayeri M, Merchant H, García-Garibay O, Cadena-Valencia J, Malagón AM
Sci Adv


Superlab Papers


MotorNet: a Python toolbox for controlling differentiable biomechanical effectors with artificial neural networks (now based on PyTorch)
Codol O, Michaels JA, Kashefi M, Pruszynski JA, Gribble PL
bioRxiv:2023.02.17.528969
code: https://github.com/oliviercodol/MotorNet
documentation: https://www.motornet.org


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Disclaimer

Articles appear on this list because they caught our eye, but their appearance here is not necessarily an endorsement of the work. We hope that you find something on this list you might not otherwise have come across—but, as always, please read with a critical eye.