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ReviewCNS & neurological disorders drug targets2018

Physiological and Morphological Principles Underpinning Recruitment of the Cerebellar Reserve.

Shinji Kakei, Takahiro Ishikawa, Jongho Lee, Takeru Honda, Donna S Hoffman

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Review in CNS & neurological disorders drug targets, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shinji KakeiMovement Disorders Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
Takahiro IshikawaMovement Disorders Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
Jongho LeeMovement Disorders Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
Takeru HondaMovement Disorders Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
Donna S HoffmanDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science · JPCenter for the Neural Basis of Cognition · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn order to optimize outcomes of novel therapies for cerebellar ataxias (CAs), it is desirable to start these therapies while declined functions are restorable: i.e. while the so-called cerebellar reserve remains.

objectiveIn this mini-review, we tried to define and discuss the cerebellar reserve from physiological and morphological points of view.

methodThe cerebellar neuron circuitry is designed to generate spatiotemporally organized outputs, regardless of the region. Therefore, the cerebellar reserve may be defined as a mechanism to restore its proper input-output organization of the cerebellar neuron circuitry, when it is damaged. Then, the following four components are essential for recruitment of the cerebellar reserve: operational local neuron circuitry; proper combination of mossy fiber inputs to be integrated; climbing fiber inputs to instruct favorable reorganization of the integration; deep cerebellar nuclei to generate reorganized outputs.

resultsWe discussed three topics related to these resources, 1) principles of generating organized cerebellar outputs, 2) redundant mossy fiber inputs to the cerebellum, 3) plasticity of the cerebellar neuron circuitry.

conclusionTo make most of the cerebellar reserve, it is desirable to start any intervention as early as possible when the cerebellar cell loss is minimal or even negligible. Therefore, an ideal future therapy for degenerative cerebellar diseases should start before consuming the cerebellar reserve at all. In the meantime, our real challenge is to establish a reliable method to identify the decrease in the cerebellar reserve as early as possible.

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AnimalsCerebellumHumansNerve NetNeural PathwaysNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsAdventitiousnessastheniaB/K ratiocerebellar reservedirect pathwayerror-related potentialindirect pathwayredundancy.

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PMID29546837
PMCPMC6142411
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