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Optical mapping in awake mice shows secondary motor cortex (M2) has body-part-specific topography, revealed by intrinsic neuronal fluctuations synchronized with homologous S1 sub-regions.
- Why it matters: Motor cortex atlases have been too coarse to capture fine functional organization, leaving the existence and structure of body-part maps in M2 unclear.
- What they did: The study used optical mapping to track intrinsic activity, tested whether fluctuations were strongest at rest and quenched during movement, and checked whether corticospinal neurons (CSNs) showed them.
- The result: M2 sub-regions displayed body-part specificity during spontaneous movements and stronger engagement in multi-effector coordinated actions, with S1 tracing confirming projections to homologous M2 areas.
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