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ArticleNature communications2021

A cerebellar internal model calibrates a feedback controller involved in sensorimotor control.

Daniil A Markov, Luigi Petrucco, Andreas M Kist, Ruben Portugues

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniil A MarkovSensorimotor Control Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4465-0171
Luigi PetruccoSensorimotor Control Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4001-0564
Andreas M KistSensorimotor Control Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3643-7776
Ruben PortuguesSensorimotor Control Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152, Martinsried, Germany. ruben.portugues@tum.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-9314
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEMunich Cluster for Systems Neurology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animals must adapt their behavior to survive in a changing environment. Behavioral adaptations can be evoked by two mechanisms: feedback control and internal-model-based control. Feedback controllers can maintain the sensory state of the animal at a desired level under different environmental conditions. In contrast, internal models learn the relationship between the motor output and its sensory consequences and can be used to recalibrate behaviors. Here, we present multiple unpredictable perturbations in visual feedback to larval zebrafish performing the optomotor response and show that they react to these perturbations through a feedback control mechanism. In contrast, if a perturbation is long-lasting, fish adapt their behavior by updating a cerebellum-dependent internal model. We use modelling and functional imaging to show that the neuronal requirements for these mechanisms are met in the larval zebrafish brain. Our results illustrate the role of the cerebellum in encoding internal models and how these can calibrate neuronal circuits involved in reactive behaviors depending on the interactions between animal and environment.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBrainCerebellumFeedback, PhysiologicalFeedback, SensoryHumansLarvaLearningNeuronsZebrafish

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PMID34795244
PMCPMC8602262
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