Stimulating Cerebellar Outflow Reveals Temporal Control of Motor Cortical Activity
Author(s) -
Marc H. Schieber
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.044
Subject(s) - outflow , neuroscience , cerebellum , motor control , biology , geology , oceanography
Nashef et al. (2019) show that high-frequency stimulation of the superior cerebellar peduncle produces a temporary cerebellar deficit. While the deficit is present, motor cortex neurons that receive cerebellar input maintain their directional tuning but lose their noise correlation.
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