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    • Single-neuron recordings from PCs in Crus I/II and DN in monkeys performing a visuomotor association task.
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    Main Results:

    • Both PC and DN populations encoded the visuomotor association over time.
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    • Spike-time analyses revealed temporal coding dimensions (regularity, bursts) independent of firing rate, dynamically modulated during learning.

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