In And Out Of the Loop: External and Internal Modulation Of The Olivo-Cerebellar Loop

Autor: Avraham Manfred Libster, Yosef eYarom
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Vol 7 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-5110
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00073
Popis: Cerebellar anatomy is known for its crystal like structure, where neurons and connections are precisely and repeatedly organized with minor variations across the Cerebellar Cortex. The olivo-cerebellar loop, denoting the connections between the Cerebellar cortex, Inferior Olive and Cerebellar Nuclei, is also modularly organized to form what is known as the cerebellar module. In contrast to the relatively organized and static anatomy, the cerebellum is innervated by a wide variety of neuromodulator carrying axons that are heterogeneously distributed along the olivo-cerebellar loop, providing heterogeneity to the static structure. In this manuscript we review modulatory processes in the olivo-cerebellar loop. We start by discussing the relationship between neuromodulators and the animal behavioral states. This is followed with an overview of the cerebellar neuromodulatory signals and a short discussion of why and when the cerebellar activity should be modulated. We then devote a section for three types of neurons where we briefly review its properties and propose possible neuromodulation scenarios.
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