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ArticleNature communications2023

Synaptic mechanisms for associative learning in the cerebellar nuclei.

Robin Broersen, Catarina Albergaria, Daniela Carulli, Megan R Carey, Cathrin B Canto, Chris I De Zeeuw

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Robin Broersen *Department of Cerebellar Coordination and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2555-9719
Catarina Albergaria *Neuroscience Program, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8257-3600
Daniela Carulli *Laboratory for Neuroregeneration, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1365-7063
Megan R CareyNeuroscience Program, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal. megan.carey@neuro.fchampalimaud.org.ORCID 0000-0002-4499-1657
Cathrin B CantoDepartment of Cerebellar Coordination and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.canto@nin.knaw.nl.
Chris I De ZeeuwDepartment of Cerebellar Coordination and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.dezeeuw@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-5628-8187
Champalimaud Foundation · PTNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience · NLRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Associative learning during delay eyeblink conditioning (EBC) depends on an intact cerebellum. However, the relative contribution of changes in the cerebellar nuclei to learning remains a subject of ongoing debate. In particular, little is known about the changes in synaptic inputs to cerebellar nuclei neurons that take place during EBC and how they shape the membrane potential of these neurons. Here, we probed the ability of these inputs to support associative learning in mice, and investigated structural and cell-physiological changes within the cerebellar nuclei during learning. We find that optogenetic stimulation of mossy fiber afferents to the anterior interposed nucleus (AIP) can substitute for a conditioned stimulus and is sufficient to elicit conditioned responses (CRs) that are adaptively well-timed. Further, EBC induces structural changes in mossy fiber and inhibitory inputs, but not in climbing fiber inputs, and it leads to changes in subthreshold processing of AIP neurons that correlate with conditioned eyelid movements. The changes in synaptic and spiking activity that precede the CRs allow for a decoder to distinguish trials with a CR. Our data reveal how structural and physiological modifications of synaptic inputs to cerebellar nuclei neurons can facilitate learning.

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Cerebellar NucleiConditioning, EyelidAnimalsBlinkingCerebellar CortexCerebellumConditioning, ClassicalMice

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PMCPMC10662440
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