A dysfunction of a certain calcium channel, the so called P/Q-type channel, in neurons of the cerebellum is sufficient to cause different motor diseases as well as a special type of epilepsy. A ...

The cerebral cortex is interconnected with two major subcortical structures: the basal ganglia and the cerebellum. How and where cerebellar circuits interact with basal ganglia circuits has been a ...

Dr Richard Apps leads the Sensorimotor Control Group in the Department of Physiology. His group uses a range of neuroscience techniques to study brain circuits involved in the control of movement. We ...

Medically accurate illustration of the cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") in orange. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." At its heart, the cerebellum has four cerebellar nuclei embedded ...

Understanding and treating brain disorders such as tremor, imbalance, and speech impairments requires deep knowledge of the cerebellum, a part of the brain that’s crucial for making accurate movements ...

Purkinje cells of the cerebellum. A new study from the University of Chicago Medical Center has identified that malfunctioning Purkinje cell neuroplasticity is directly associated with the reduced ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have discovered a new role for inhibition, regulating how and when motor learning is acquired in the cerebellum. Almost everyone ...

Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the “little brain". However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands ...