Some argue prefrontal cortex is just premotor cortex— but how does it relate to actions we make, really? This work led by @Idavrautio shows, unlike most of cortex, motor behavior weakly affects PFC & it operates at longer timescales. @adric_dunn @KISNeuro cell.com/cell-reports/f…
www.cell.com Prefrontal cortex encodes behavior states decoupled from motor execution By tracking the natural actions of freely moving rats, Välikangas et al. show that prefrontal cortex encodes abstract behavioral states rather than low-level physical aspects of movement. Prefrontal... 
