Una base celular para mapear la estructura del comportamiento

Mohamady El-Gaby1,2, Adam Loyd Harris3,4,5, James C R Whittington4,6

  • 1Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. mohamady.el-gaby@ndcn.ox.ac.uk.

Nature
|November 7, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

Los ratones aprendieron estructuras de tareas abstractas, usando células cerebrales especializadas para mapear secuencias de comportamiento. Esto permite una adaptación flexible y un aprendizaje rápido en nuevas situaciones sin formación previa.

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