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ReviewThe Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry2019

Purkinje Cell Representations of Behavior: Diary of a Busy Neuron.

Laurentiu S Popa, Martha L Streng, Timothy J Ebner

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Review in The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Consensus Paper: Models of Cerebellar Functions.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2026
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  3. Cerebellar Purkinje cell firing reduction contributes to aging-related declining motor coordination in mice.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Laurentiu S Popa1 Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Martha L Streng1 Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Timothy J Ebner1 Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING OF NEUROSCIENTISTST32GM008471 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI EBNER, TIMOTHY J · 1993 to 2017
$4.9M
ROLE OF THE CEREBELLUM IN VISUALLY GUIDED ARM MOVEMENTSR01NS018338 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI EBNER, TIMOTHY J · 1985 to 2020
$4.7M
National Science Foundation DGE-1069104NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008471NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS018338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fundamental for understanding cerebellar function is determining the representations in Purkinje cell activity, the sole output of the cerebellar cortex. Up to the present, the most accurate descriptions of the information encoded by Purkinje cells were obtained in the context of motor behavior and reveal a high degree of heterogeneity of kinematic and performance error signals encoded. The most productive framework for organizing Purkinje cell firing representations is provided by the forward internal model hypothesis. Direct tests of this hypothesis show that individual Purkinje cells encode two different forward models simultaneously, one for effector kinematics and one for task performance. Newer results demonstrate that the timing of simple spike encoding of motor parameters spans an extend interval of up to ±2 seconds. Furthermore, complex spike discharge is not limited to signaling errors, can be predictive, and dynamically controls the information in the simple spike firing to meet the demands of upcoming behavior. These rich, diverse, and changing representations highlight the integrative aspects of cerebellar function and offer the opportunity to generalize the cerebellar computational framework over both motor and non-motor domains.

Indexed as

MovementPsychomotor PerformanceAction PotentialsAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaFeedback, PhysiologicalHumansModels, NeurologicalPurkinje Cellscomplex spikeforward internal modelkinematicsperformance errorPurkinje cellsensory prediction errorsimple spike

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PMID29985093
PMCPMC6509027

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