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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2023

Internal models of self-motion: neural computations by the vestibular cerebellum.

Kathleen E Cullen

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 62 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathleen E CullenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: kathleen.cullen@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

The Physiology of Vestibular CompensationR01DC002390 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Kathleen E Cullen · 1995 to 2026
$10.7M
Neural Computations Underlying Cancellation of the Vestibular Consequences of Voluntary MovementR01DC018061 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Kathleen E Cullen · 2019 to 2026
$4.0M
Mechanism and Functional Significance of Polarity Reversal in Mechanosensory OrgansR01DC018304 · NIDCD · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI CULLEN, KATHLEEN E, EATOCK, RUTH ANNE · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
A Neural Systems Approach to Understanding the Dynamic Computations Underlying our Sense of DirectionUF1NS111695 · NINDS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI TAUBE, JEFFREY STEVEN, VAN DER MEER, MATTHIJS · 2019 to 2019
$3.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC002390NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018061NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018304NINDS NIH HHS UF1 NS111695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vestibular cerebellum plays an essential role in maintaining our balance and ensuring perceptual stability during activities of daily living. Here I examine three key regions of the vestibular cerebellum: the floccular lobe, anterior vermis (lobules I-V), and nodulus and ventral uvula (lobules X-IX of the posterior vermis). These cerebellar regions encode vestibular information and combine it with extravestibular signals to create internal models of eye, head, and body movements, as well as their spatial orientation with respect to gravity. To account for changes in the external environment and/or biomechanics during self-motion, the neural mechanisms underlying these computations are continually updated to ensure accurate motor behavior. To date, studies on the vestibular cerebellum have predominately focused on passive vestibular stimulation, whereas in actuality most stimulation is the result of voluntary movement. Accordingly, I also consider recent research exploring these computations during active self-motion and emerging evidence establishing the cerebellum's role in building predictive models of self-generated movement.

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Activities of Daily LivingVestibule, LabyrinthCerebellumHumansMovementSpace Perceptioncorollary dischargeefference copymultimodalmultisensoryproprioceptionspatial orientationvisual

Identifiers

PMID37739815
PMCPMC10591839
OpenAlexW4386889098

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