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In mice performing tactile-cued licking, ventromedial-thalamus axon terminals in ALM are transiently active during licking and their activity predicts the timing of the first lick; chemogenetic or optogenetic manipulation of VM→ALM axons facilitates initiation of cue-triggered and impulsive licks, identifying a thalamocortical pathway that contributes a movement-initiation (vigor) signal to ALM during planned licking.
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"doi": "10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.089",
"claim": "In mice performing tactile-cued licking, ventromedial-thalamus axon terminals in ALM are transiently active during licking and their activity predicts the timing of the first lick; chemogenetic or optogenetic manipulation of VM→ALM axons facilitates initiation of cue-triggered and impulsive licks, identifying a thalamocortical pathway that contributes a movement-initiation (vigor) signal to ALM during planned licking.",
"cite_key": "Takahashi2021",
"evidence": "We found that inactivation of ALM delayed the initiation of cued licking. Chemogenetic and optogenetic manipulation of VM axons in ALM indicated that VM inputs facilitate the initiation of cue-triggered and impulsive licking in trained mice.",
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"study_system": "mouse ALM and ventromedial thalamus; two-photon axonal imaging plus chemo-/opto-genetic manipulation in a tactile-cued licking task",
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We found that inactivation of ALM delayed the initiation of cued licking. Chemogenetic and optogenetic manipulation of VM axons in ALM indicated that VM inputs facilitate the initiation of cue-triggered and impulsive licking in trained mice.