Cortical and Hippocampal Contributions Throughout Skill Learning in Mice
Nov 14, 2019
Material below summarizes the article Differential Involvement of Three Brain Regions during Mouse Skill Learning, published on August 1, 2019, in eNeuro and authored by Aldis P. Weible, Michael I. Posner and Christopher M. Niell.
Highlights
- For mice learning a visual discrimination task, improvements in speed and accuracy were qualitatively similar to changes seen with human skill learning.
- Effects of optogenetic suppression of anterior cingulate cortex, primary visual cortex, and dorsal hippocampus favor parallel, rather than serial, involvement of these structures in our mouse model of skill learning.
- Suppression in each region lengthened correct-choice reaction times immediately following an error.
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About the Contributor
Aldis Weible is a senior research associate with the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon.
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