Altered cerebellar connectivity in autism and cerebellar-mediated rescue of autism-related behaviors in mice

CJ Stoodley, AM D'Mello, J Ellegood… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Cerebellar abnormalities, particularly in Right Crus I (RCrusI), are consistently reported in
autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Although RCrusI is functionally connected with ASD …

Striatal dopamine signals reflect perceived cue–action–outcome associations in mice

TW Bernklau, B Righetti, LS Mehrke, SN Jacob - Nature Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Striatal dopamine drives associative learning by acting as a teaching signal. Much work has
focused on simple learning paradigms, including Pavlovian and instrumental learning …

Research focus on compulsive behaviour in animals: Compulsive alcohol drinking in rodents

V Vengeliene, E Celerier, L Chaskiel, F Penzo… - Addiction …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Upon prolonged alcohol exposure, the behaviour of an individual can gradually switch from
controlled to compulsive. Our review is focused on the neurobiological mechanisms that …

Steviol glycosides enhance pancreatic beta-cell function and taste sensation by potentiation of TRPM5 channel activity

K Philippaert, A Pironet, M Mesuere, W Sones… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Steviol glycosides (SGs), such as stevioside and rebaudioside A, are natural, non-caloric
sweet-tasting organic molecules, present in extracts of the scrub plant Stevia rebaudiana …

Whisker barrel cortex delta oscillations and gamma power in the awake mouse are linked to respiration

J Ito, S Roy, Y Liu, Y Cao, M Fletcher, L Lu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Current evidence suggests that delta oscillations (0.5–4 Hz) in the brain are generated by
intrinsic network mechanisms involving cortical and thalamic circuits. Here we report that …

The neuronal code (s) of the cerebellum

DH Heck, CI De Zeeuw, D Jaeger… - Journal of …, 2013 - jneurosci.org
Understanding how neurons encode information in sequences of action potentials is of
fundamental importance to neuroscience. The cerebellum is widely recognized for its …

A cortical circuit for audio-visual predictions

AR Garner, GB Keller - Nature neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Learned associations between stimuli in different sensory modalities can shape the way we
perceive these stimuli. However, it is not well understood how these interactions are …

Cortex-dependent corrections as the tongue reaches for and misses targets

T Bollu, BS Ito, SC Whitehead, B Kardon, J Redd… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Precise tongue control is necessary for drinking, eating and vocalizing,–. However, because
tongue movements are fast and difficult to resolve, neural control of lingual kinematics …

The roles of the olivocerebellar pathway in motor learning and motor control. A consensus paper

EJ Lang, R Apps, F Bengtsson, NL Cerminara… - The Cerebellum, 2017 - Springer
For many decades, the predominant view in the cerebellar field has been that the
olivocerebellar system's primary function is to induce plasticity in the cerebellar cortex …

Hypothalamic neuronal circuits regulating hunger-induced taste modification

O Fu, Y Iwai, M Narukawa, AW Ishikawa, KK Ishii… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The gustatory system plays a critical role in sensing appetitive and aversive taste stimuli for
evaluating food quality. Although taste preference is known to change depending on internal …