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Cerebellar Regional Dissection for Molecular Analysis
Published on: December 5, 2020
The Cerebellar Thalamus
Christophe Habas1, Mario Manto2,3, Pierre Cabaraux2
1Service de Neuro-Imagerie, CHNO des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France. chabas@15-20.fr.
Abstract:
The thalamus is a neural processor and integrator for the activities of the forebrain. Surprisingly, little is known about the roles of the "cerebellar" thalamus despite the anatomical observation that all the cortico-cerebello-cortical loops make relay in the main subnuclei of the thalamus. The thalamus displays a broad range of electrophysiological responses, such as neuronal spiking, bursting, or oscillatory rhythms, which contribute to precisely shape and to synchronize activities of cortical areas. We emphasize that the cerebellar thalamus deserves a renewal of interest to better understand its specific contributions to the cerebellar motor and associative functions, especially at a time where the anatomy between cerebellum and basal ganglia is being rewritten.
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