Topic: intersectional viral tracing

The ability to control movement and to refine and learn new motor skills is one of the fundamental functions of the brain. The basal ganglia (BG) and the cerebellum (CB) are two key brain regions involved in controlling movement, and neuronal plasticity within these two regions underlies the acquisition of new motor skills. However, how these two critical motor regions interact and orchestrate together to produce a cohesive motor output remains poorly understood. Here, we used an intersectional viral tracing approach to identify neurons in the motor thalamus that receive inputs from BG and CB