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    • Motor Control
    • Myelination Biology

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    • The primary motor cortex (M1) is crucial for skilled movement and heavily myelinated.
    • Myelin loss, as seen in multiple sclerosis, causes motor impairment.
    • The precise role of myelination in M1 neuronal activity during skilled behavior is not fully understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how myelination influences neuronal activity and synchrony in M1 during dexterous reaching.
    • To identify the cellular and circuit mechanisms linking myelin loss to motor deficits.

    Main Methods:

    • Combined in vivo imaging of oligodendrocytes with high-density Neuropixels recordings in mice during reaching tasks.
    • Induced demyelination using cuprizone.
    • Utilized a computational model constrained by experimental data.

    Main Results:

    • Cuprizone-induced demyelination impaired movement efficiency and altered cell-type-specific neuronal activity and synchrony.
    • Identified inhibitory axonal propagation failures as a mechanism linking myelin loss to altered circuit function.
    • Partial remyelination improved network metrics and reach consistency but not smooth movement, indicating selective vulnerability in inhibitory circuits.

    Conclusions:

    • Myelination is critical for supporting cortical circuit dynamics essential for skilled motor behavior.
    • Inhibitory circuits show selective vulnerability to myelin loss, impacting motor control.
    • These findings bridge cellular demyelination models with clinical motor impairments.