ArticleHuman brain mapping2023
Anodal cerebellar stimulation increases cortical activation: Evidence for cerebellar scaffolding of cortical processing.
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- Enhancing Balance Control in Aging Through Cerebellar Theta-Burst Stimulation.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Cerebellar tDCS Modulates Corticocortical Functional Networks in a Regionally Specific Manner.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Time Dependent Effects of Cerebellar tDCS on Cerebello-cortical Connectivity Networks in Young Adults.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Cognitive Event-Related Potential Components and N170 Source Analysis in Patients with Acute Cerebellar Infarction.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Structural covariation between cerebellum and neocortex intrinsic structural covariation links cerebellum subregions to the cerebral cortex.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- Consensus Paper: Cerebellum and Ageing.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024Review
- Non-invasive neuromodulation of cerebello-hippocampal volume-behavior relationships.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- New Frontiers for the Understanding of Aging: The Power and Possibilities of Studying the Cerebellum.Current opinion in behavioral sciences · 2023Article
- Anodal cerebellar stimulation increases cortical activation: Evidence for cerebellar scaffolding of cortical processing.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Don't forget the little brain: A framework for incorporating the cerebellum into the understanding of cognitive aging.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Review
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Abstract
While the cerebellum contributes to nonmotor task performance, the specific contributions of the structure remain unknown. One possibility is that the cerebellum allows for the offloading of cortical processing, providing support during task performance, using internal models. Here we used transcranial direct current stimulation to modulate cerebellar function and investigate the impact on cortical activation patterns. Participants (n = 74; 22.03 ± 3.44 years) received either cathodal, anodal, or sham stimulation over the right cerebellum before a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan during which they completed a sequence learning and a working memory task. We predicted that cathodal stimulation would improve, and anodal stimulation would hinder task performance and cortical activation. Behaviorally, anodal stimulation negatively impacted behavior during late-phase sequence learning. Functionally, we found that anodal cerebellar stimulation resulted in increased bilateral cortical activation, particularly in parietal and frontal regions known to be involved in cognitive processing. This suggests that if the cerebellum is not functioning optimally, there is a greater need for cortical resources.
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