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The dorsomedial (DMS) and dorsolateral striatum (DLS) in rats show distinct neural activity patterns during learning. These brain regions reorganize to enhance control over goal-directed and habit behaviors.

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Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience

Background:

The dorsomedial striatum (DMS) and dorsolateral striatum (DLS) are crucial for goal-directed and habit behaviors, respectively.
The emergence of this functional dichotomy during learning remains poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how DMS and DLS neural networks reorganize during the learning of a continuous spatial alternation task.
To elucidate the distinct roles of DMS and DLS across different stages of learning.

Main Methods:

Recording single neuron activity in DMS and DLS of rats during task acquisition and optimized performance.
Utilizing classical analysis of firing rates and an innovative Hawkes process approach to reconstruct neural connectivity.
Decoding animal behavior using directed connectivity graphs.

Main Results:

DMS and DLS exhibited different task-related activity patterns throughout learning.
The proportion of neurons coding task information decreased in DMS and increased in DLS over time.
Despite differing activity profiles, the decoding power of both DMS and DLS networks improved with learning.

Conclusions:

DMS and DLS neural networks undergo distinct reorganizations during learning.
These reorganizations enhance the control of both regions over behavioral performance, contributing to the specialization of goal-directed and habit behaviors.