Primates have remarkable finger movement skills, which sets them apart from other species. These skills are thought to have evolved with the development of a direct pathway from the motor cortex to ...

The signaling process responsible for these widespread changes is not at all clear. Still more obscure is the mechanism that allows newly formed connections to be retained or lost, based on their ...

Two types of neurons that enable the spinal cord to control skilled forelimb movement have been found by researchers. The first is a group of excitatory interneurons that are needed to make accurate ...