Where and How Is Motor Memory Stored?/Cell October 27, 2016 (Vol. 167, Issue 4)

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Animals adjust their movements based on environmental feedback but the mental processing of this adjustment costs energy. Scientists at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus describe in this Cell paper a surprising region and mechanism for storing this motor memory to cope with ever-changing environments. Check out the paper at:  http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31379-4

Takashi Kawashima, Maarten F. Zwart, Chao-Tsung Yang, Brett D. Mensh, and Misha B. Ahrens (2016). The Serotonergic System Tracks the Outcomes of Actions to Mediate Short-Term Motor Learning. Cell 167.

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