Genetic dissection of the circuit for hand dexterity in primates

Masaharu Kinoshita, Ryosuke Matsui, Shigeki Kato, Taku Hasegawa, Hironori Kasahara, Kaoru Isa, Akiya Watakabe, Tetsuo Yamamori, Yukio Nishimura, Bror Alstermark, Dai Watanabe, Kazuto Kobayashi and Tadashi Isa ()
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Masaharu Kinoshita: National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Ryosuke Matsui: Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Shigeki Kato: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine
Taku Hasegawa: Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Hironori Kasahara: Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Kaoru Isa: National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Akiya Watakabe: National Institute for Basic Biology
Tetsuo Yamamori: National Institute for Basic Biology
Yukio Nishimura: National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Bror Alstermark: section of Physiology, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Dai Watanabe: Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Kazuto Kobayashi: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine
Tadashi Isa: National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Nature, 2012, vol. 487, issue 7406, 235-238

Abstract: A new double-infection technique with viral vectors is used to interrupt transmission through the propriospinal neurons (PNs) in macaque monkeys, and this is found to impair reach and grasp movements, revealing a critical role for the PN-mediated pathway in the control of hand dexterity.

Date: 2012
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