ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2020
Cerebellar Theta and Beta Noninvasive Stimulation Rhythms Differentially Influence Episodic Memory versus Semantic Prediction.
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- A meta-analysis suggests that TMS targeting the hippocampal network selectively improves episodic memory.eLife · 2026Pooled it
- Probing the linguistic cerebellum: a qualitative review of the effects of cerebellar neurostimulation on language processing.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Stronger memories through smarter stimulation.eLife · 2026Article
- Investigating Cerebello-Cortical Networks With EEG: Advances and Future Challenges.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2026Review
- Decoupling MCI-specific signatures from shared neurobiological substrates of cognitive aging via deep learning.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- An update on the effects of cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive function.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Review
- Consensus guidelines for the use of concurrent TMS-fMRI in cognitive and clinical neuroscience.Nature protocols · 2026Review
- From Correlation to Causation: Understanding Episodic Memory Networks.Neuroscience bulletin · 2025Review
- Region-specific mean field models enhance simulations of local and global brain dynamics.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2025Article
- Cerebellar Neurostimulation for Boosting Social and Affective Functions: Implications for the Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxia Patients.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024Review
- Effects of Cerebellar Non-Invasive Stimulation on Neurorehabilitation in Stroke Patients: An Updated Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Dynamic Changes in Local Activity and Network Interactions among the Anterior Cingulate, Amygdala, and Cerebellum during Associative Learning.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Social memory deficit caused by dysregulation of the cerebellar vermis.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation at the Cerebellum on Working Memory.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The cerebellum is causally involved in episodic memory under aging.GeroScience · 2023Article
- Relationship of Impairments in Associative Learning With Intellectual Disability and Cerebellar Hypoplasia in Autistic Children.Neurology · 2023Article
- Consensus Paper: Novel Directions and Next Steps of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellum in Health and Disease.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Article
- A Brief History of Cerebellar Neurostimulation.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Review
- New Horizons on Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Social and Affective Cerebellum.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Review
- Evidence from theta-burst stimulation that age-related de-differentiation of the hippocampal network is functional for episodic memory.Neurobiology of aging · 2022Article
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Abstract
The human cerebellum is thought to interact with distributed brain networks to support cognitive abilities such as episodic memory and semantic prediction. Hippocampal and fronto-temporo-parietal networks that respectively support episodic memory versus semantic prediction have been associated with distinct endogenous oscillatory activity frequency bands: theta (∼3-8 Hz) versus beta (∼13-30 Hz) respectively. We sought to test whether it is possible to toggle cerebellar participation in episodic memory versus semantic prediction by noninvasively stimulating with theta versus beta rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation. In human subjects of both sexes, cerebellar theta stimulation improved episodic memory encoding but did not influence neural signals of semantic prediction, whereas beta stimulation of the same cerebellar location increased neural signals of semantic prediction but did not influence episodic memory encoding. This constitutes evidence for double dissociation of cerebellar contributions to semantic prediction versus episodic memory based on stimulation rhythm, supporting the hypothesis that the cerebellum can be biased to support these distinct cognitive abilities at the command of network-specific rhythmic activity.
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