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ArticleHeliyon2023

Divergent topographic projection of cerebral cortical areas to overlapping cerebellar lobules through distinct regions of the pontine nuclei.

Xuanjing Wu, Gideon A Sarpong, Jingyun Zhang, Izumi Sugihara

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xuanjing WuDepartment of Systems Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Gideon A SarpongDepartment of Systems Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Jingyun ZhangDepartment of Systems Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Izumi SugiharaDepartment of Systems Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The massive axonal projection from the cerebrum to the cerebellum through the pontine nuclei supports the cerebrocerebellar coordination of motor and nonmotor functions. However, the cerebrum and cerebellum have distinct patterns of functional localization in their cortices. We addressed this issue by bidirectional neuronal tracing from 22 various locations of the pontine nuclei in the mouse in a comprehensive manner. Cluster analyses of the distribution patterns of labeled cortical pyramidal cells and cerebellar mossy fiber terminals classified all cases into six groups located in six different subareas of the pontine nuclei. The lateral (insular), mediorostral (cingulate and prefrontal), and caudal (visual and auditory) cortical areas of the cerebrum projected to the medial, rostral, and lateral subareas of the pontine nuclei, respectively. These pontine subareas then projected mainly to the crus I, central vermis, and paraflocculus divergently. The central (motor and somatosensory) cortical areas projected to the centrorostral, centrocaudal and caudal subareas of the pontine nuclei, which then projected mainly to the rostral and caudal lobules with a somatotopic arrangement. The results indicate a new pontine nuclei-centric view of the corticopontocerebellar projection: the generally parallel corticopontine projection to pontine nuclei subareas is relayed to the highly divergent pontocerebellar projection terminating in overlapping specific lobules of the cerebellum. Consequently, the mode of the pontine nuclei relay underlies the cerebellar functional organization.

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Aldolase CAxonal projectionCerebellar cortexCerebellar mossy fiberCerebral cortexCerebrocerebellar linkFunctional localizationMiceNeuronal tracingNonmotor function

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PMID37025843
PMCPMC10070096
OpenAlexW4323659836

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