%0 Journal Article
%A Lenzi, Irene
%A Musall, Simon
%T From syllables to states: Hierarchical organization of self-motivated behavior across brain circuits.
%J Neuron
%V 114
%N 5
%@ 0896-6273
%C [Cambridge, Mass.]
%I Cell Press
%M DZNE-2026-00251
%P 798 - 800
%D 2026
%X Weinreb et al.1 show that spontaneous behavior is hierarchically organized into self-motivated states and reusable action syllables. While the prefrontal cortex primarily encodes behavioral states, the dorsolateral striatum governs action sequencing, revealing a distributed neural architecture for natural behavior.
%K Humans
%K Motivation: physiology
%K Animals
%K Brain: physiology
%K Prefrontal Cortex: physiology
%K Neural Pathways: physiology
%K Nerve Net: physiology
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:41785846
%R 10.1016/j.neuron.2026.01.029
%U https://pub.dzne.de/record/285474