bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Nov. 11, 2024
Abstract Cerebellar dysfunction leads to motor, learning, emotional, and social deficits. It is assumed that these deficits arise from impaired processing of mossy fiber inputs activate granule cells (GCs) in turn excite Purkinje (PCs). However, high-frequency spontaneous PC firing might also influence behaviors. To clarify how the cerebellum regulates behaviors, we compared effects disrupting either GC signaling, which selectively perturbs cerebellar processing, or disrupts firing. We find both signaling are required for eyeblink conditioning vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) learning. impairs baseline VOR, anxiety, but abolishing does not. This establishes essential motor not many cerebellum-dependent suggests such behaviors could be rescued by elevating downstream targets, as shown previously
Language: Английский