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Their presence in adult rodents was once claimed but is now questioned.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>We report that MNs innervating forearm muscles in infant rats receive monosynaptic input from CS axons, but MNs innervating proximal muscles do not, which is a pattern similar to that in primates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Our experiments were carefully designed to show monosynaptic connections. This entailed selective electrical and optogenetic stimulation of CS axons and recording from MNs identified by retrograde labelling from innervated muscles. Morphological evidence was also obtained for rigorous identification of CS axons and MNs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>These connections would be transient and would regress later during development.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>These results shed light on the development and evolution of direct CS\u2013MN connections, which serve as the basis for dexterity in humans.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:p>Recent evidence suggests there is no direct connection between corticospinal (CS) axons and spinal motoneurons (MNs) in adult rodents. We previously showed that CS synapses are present throughout the spinal cord for a time, but are eliminated from the ventral horn during development in rodents. This raises the possibility that CS axons transiently make direct connections with MNs located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. This was tested in the present study. Using cervical cord slices prepared from rats on postnatal days (P) 7\u20139, CS axons were stimulated and whole cell recordings were made from MNs retrogradely labelled with fluorescent cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) injected into selected groups of muscles. To selectively activate CS axons, electrical stimulation was carefully limited to the CS tract. In addition we employed optogenetic stimulation after injecting an adeno\u2010associated virus vector encoding channelrhodopsin\u20102 (ChR2) into the sensorimotor cortex on P0. We were then able to record monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic currents from MNs innervating forearm muscles, but not from those innervating proximal muscles. We also showed close contacts between CTB\u2010labelled MNs and CS axons labelled through introduction of fluorescent protein\u2010conjugated synaptophysin or the ChR2 expression system. 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