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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Physiology of Cerebellar Reserve: Redundancy and Plasticity of a Modular Machine.

Hiroshi Mitoma, Shinji Kakei, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Mario Manto

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Consensus Paper: Models of Cerebellar Functions.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2026
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  8. Glial Cells and Aging: From the CNS to the Cerebellum.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. Consensus Paper: Cerebellum and Ageing.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024
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  16. Environmental Enrichment Enhances Cerebellar Compensation and Develops Cerebellar Reserve.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. Cerebellum and Neurorehabilitation in Emotion with a Focus on Neuromodulation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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  20. The underpinnings of cerebellar ataxias.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hiroshi MitomaDepartment of Medical Education, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0513-1811
Shinji KakeiLaboratory for Movement Disorders, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
Kazuhiko YamaguchiDepartment of Ultrastructural Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
Mario MantoUnité des Ataxies Cérébelleuses, Service de Neurologie, Médiathèque Jean Jacquy, CHU-Charleroi, 6000 Charleroi, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cerebellum is endowed with the capacity for compensation and restoration after pathological injury, a property known as cerebellar reserve. Such capacity is attributed to two unique morphological and physiological features of the cerebellum. First, mossy fibers that convey peripheral and central information run mediolaterally over a wide area of the cerebellum, resulting in the innervation of multiple microzones, commonly known as cerebellar functional units. Thus, a single microzone receives redundant information that can be used in pathological conditions. Secondly, the circuitry is characterized by a co-operative interplay among various forms of synaptic plasticity. Recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of redundant information and synaptic plasticity has allowed outlining therapeutic strategies potentiating these neural substrates to enhance the cerebellar reserve, taking advantage of the unique physiological properties of the cerebellum which appears as a modular and potentially reconfiguring brain structure.

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Neuronal PlasticityAnimalsCerebellumHumansLong-Term Synaptic DepressionNeuronsTranscutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulationcerebellar ataxiascerebellar reservelong-term depressionsynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID33946358
PMCPMC8124536

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