Dataset from: Single-trial neural dynamics are dominated by richly varied movements.

Churchland, A. K., Musall, Simon, Kaufman, Matthew T., Juavinett, A. L., Gluf, S. (October 2019) Dataset from: Single-trial neural dynamics are dominated by richly varied movements. [Dataset]

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Abstract

When experts are immersed in a task, do their brains prioritize task-related activity? Most efforts to understand neural activity during well-learned tasks focus on cognitive computations and task-related movements. We wondered whether task-performing animals explore a broader movement landscape and how this impacts neural activity. We characterized movements, using video and other sensors and measured neural activity using widefield and two-photon imaging. Cortex-wide activity was dominated by movements, especially uninstructed movements not required for the task. Some uninstructed movements were aligned to trial events. Accounting for them revealed that neurons with similar trial-averaged activity often reflected utterly different combinations of cognitive and movement variables. Other movements occurred idiosyncratically, accounting for trialby-trial fluctuations that are often considered ‘noise’. This held true throughout task-learning and for extracellular Neuropixels recordings that included subcortical areas. Our observations argue that animals execute expert decisions while performing richly varied, uninstructed movements that profoundly shape neural activity.

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Additional Information: Addendum: The file "behavenet_example_data.zip" was added on 12/11/19. Detailed instructions on how to utilize this dataset are contained within a txt file. Addendum 2: The directory DemoRec was added on 7/28/2020. Raw wide-field imaging data from a demo recording session. This data can be used to test the data pre-processing pipeline.
Subjects: organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > cerebral cortex
organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse
neurobiology
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons
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Communities: CSHL labs > Churchland lab
Depositing User: Adrian Gomez
Date: 14 October 2019
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2019 15:54
Last Modified: 28 Jul 2020 12:03
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/38599

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