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ArticleScience advances2024

Predictive neural computations in the cerebellum contribute to motor planning and faster behavioral responses in larval zebrafish.

Sriram Narayanan, Aalok Varma, Vatsala Thirumalai

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Critical period plasticity enables credit assignment.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Purkinje Cell Spatial Correlation Dynamics Are Key to Cerebellar Cortical Contributions to Behavior.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  8. Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Control Posture in Larval Zebrafish (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Sriram NarayananNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1646-2544
Aalok VarmaNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7869-6015
Vatsala ThirumalaiNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2318-5023

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to predict the future based on past experience lies at the core of the brain's ability to adapt behavior. However, the neural mechanisms that participate in generating and updating predictions are not clearly understood. Further, the evolutionary antecedents and the prevalence of predictive processing among vertebrates are even less explored. Here, we show evidence of predictive processing via the involvement of cerebellar circuits in larval zebrafish. We presented stereotyped optic flow stimuli to larval zebrafish to evoke swims and discovered that lesioning the cerebellum abolished prediction-dependent modulation of swim latency. When expectations of optic flow direction did not match with reality, error signals arrive at Purkinje cells via the olivary climbing fibers, whereas granule cells and Purkinje cells encode signals of expectation. Strong neural representations of expectation correlate with faster swim responses and vice versa. In sum, our results show evidence for predictive processing in nonmammalian vertebrates with the involvement of cerebellum, an evolutionarily conserved brain structure.

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CerebellumZebrafishAnimalsLarvaNeuronsPurkinje Cells

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PMCPMC10775999

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