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eLife  ·  2 September 2026  ·  From issue 31

Distinct sensorimotor encoding in tuft dendrites and somata associated with action, correction, and learning

In mice, one brain cell part tracks cues, the other tracks cues and actions together.

Jackson Scheib, Zachary L Newman et al.

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