Gregory J. Wojaczynski

Self-timed movement initiation requires rapid sequential coordination of circuits in prefrontal cortex and cerebellum

The paper identifies a neural pathway involving prefrontal cortex and cerebellum that enables self-timed movement initiation in mice through optogenetic photoinhibition.

Dendritic inhibition by Shh signaling-dependent stellate cell pool is critical for motor learning

This study shows that Shh signaling regulates stellate cell pool size in the cerebellum, which is critical for dendritic inhibition and motor learning.

Deleting Mecp2 from the entire cerebellum rather than its neuronal subtypes causes a delay in motor learning in mice

This study shows that deleting Mecp2 from the entire cerebellum, but not from individual cell types, causes a delay in motor learning in mice.