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ReviewCerebellum (London, England)2016

Oscillations, Timing, Plasticity, and Learning in the Cerebellum.

G Cheron, J Márquez-Ruiz, B Dan

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Review in Cerebellum (London, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Purkinje Cell Collaterals Preferentially Target a Subtype of Molecular Layer Interneuron.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  11. Re-examining the Mysterious Role of the Cerebellum in Pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  19. Reward-Based Learning and Emotional Habit Formation in the Cerebellum.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

G CheronLaboratory of Electrophysiology, Université de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium. gcheron@ulb.ac.be.
J Márquez-RuizDivisión de Neurociencias, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013, Seville, Spain.
B DanLaboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP640, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
Universidad Pablo de Olavide · ESUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity of Mons · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The highly stereotyped, crystal-like architecture of the cerebellum has long served as a basis for hypotheses with regard to the function(s) that it subserves. Historically, most clinical observations and experimental work have focused on the involvement of the cerebellum in motor control, with particular emphasis on coordination and learning. Two main models have been suggested to account for cerebellar functioning. According to Llinás's theory, the cerebellum acts as a control machine that uses the rhythmic activity of the inferior olive to synchronize Purkinje cell populations for fine-tuning of coordination. In contrast, the Ito-Marr-Albus theory views the cerebellum as a motor learning machine that heuristically refines synaptic weights of the Purkinje cell based on error signals coming from the inferior olive. Here, we review the role of timing of neuronal events, oscillatory behavior, and synaptic and non-synaptic influences in functional plasticity that can be recorded in awake animals in various physiological and pathological models in a perspective that also includes non-motor aspects of cerebellar function. We discuss organizational levels from genes through intracellular signaling, synaptic network to system and behavior, as well as processes from signal production and processing to memory, delegation, and actual learning. We suggest an integrative concept for control and learning based on articulated oscillation templates.

Indexed as

AnimalsCerebellumHumansLearningModels, NeurologicalNeuronal PlasticitySignal TransductionTime FactorsGolgi cellInferior oliveLearningMotor controlOscillationPlasticityPurkinje cell

Identifiers

PMID25808751
OpenAlexW2011278657

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