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Short latency cerebellar modulation of the basal ganglia

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Chen, Christopher H, Fremont, Rachel, Arteaga-Bracho, Eduardo E, Khodakhah, Kamran·2014·Nature Neuroscience

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The graceful, purposeful motion of our body is an engineering feat that remains unparalleled in robotic devices using advanced artificial intelligence. Much of the information required for complex movements is generated by the cerebellum and the basal ganglia in conjunction with the cortex. Cerebellum and basal ganglia have been thought to communicate with each other only through slow, multi-synaptic cortical loops, begging the question as to how they coordinate their outputs in real time. We found that the cerebellum rapidly modulates the activity of the striatum via a disynaptic pathway in mice. Under physiological conditions, this short latency pathway was capable of facilitating optimal motor control by allowing the basal ganglia to incorporate time-sensitive cerebellar information and by guiding the sign of cortico-striatal plasticity. Conversely, under pathological condition, this pathway relayed aberrant cerebellar activity to the basal ganglia to cause dystonia.

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Authors
Chen, C. H., Fremont, R., Arteaga-Bracho, E. E., & Khodakhah, K.
Affiliations
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Khodakhah, Kamran
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2014-11-17
Volume
17
Issue
12
Pages
1767-1775
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2049952807
Cited by
286
References
46
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FWCI
12.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007288)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS079750, NS079750, F30NS071665, NS071665, R01NS050808, NS050808)
  • National Center for Research Resources (S10RR027888)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
cerebellum, basal ganglia, striatum, disynaptic pathway, motor control, dystonia, mice
MeSH terms
Animals, Basal Ganglia, Cerebellum, Electric Stimulation, Electrodes, Implanted, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neural Pathways, Reaction Time, Mice, Optogenetics

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