Abstract
A key organizational feature of the cerebellum is its division into a series of cerebellar modules. The cortical component of each module is termed a zone. Each zone is defined by its climbing input originating from a well-defined region of the inferior olive, which targets one or more longitudinal zones of Purkinje cells within the cerebellar cortex. In turn, Purkinje cells within each zone project to specific regions of the cerebellar and vestibular nuclei. The behavioral significance of zones remains poorly understood.
This chapter will describe approaches to physiologically and anatomically identify cerebellar cortical zones in both acute and chronic preparations (rat and cat) as well as methods to record from zones during behavior in order to determine the role that they have in cerebellar function.
This chapter will describe approaches to physiologically and anatomically identify cerebellar cortical zones in both acute and chronic preparations (rat and cat) as well as methods to record from zones during behavior in order to determine the role that they have in cerebellar function.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Neuromethods |
| Subtitle of host publication | Measuring Cerebellar Function |
| Editors | Roy V. Sillitoe |
| Publisher | Humana Press |
| Pages | 69-90 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Volume | 177 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-0716-2026-7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-0716-2025-0 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Neuromethods |
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| Volume | 177 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0893-2336 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1940-6045 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg University, the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR-2015-CeMod, ANR-2019-MultiMod, ANR-2019-NetOnTime) and by the Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale to PI (# DEQ20140329514) and LS.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Cerebellar zones
- Cerebellar modules
- Inferior olive
- Cerebellar nuclei
- Rat
- Cat
- Tract tracing
- Retrograde
- Anterograde
- Electrophysiology