Cerebellar nuclei: Associative motor learning in zebrafish

Robin Broersen; Cathrin B Canto; Chris I De Zeeuw

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.018

Cerebellar nuclei: Associative motor learning in zebrafish

Curr Biol. 2023 Aug 21;33(16):R867-R870. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.018.

Authors

Robin Broersen¹, Cathrin B Canto², Chris I De Zeeuw³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Cerebellar Coordination & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Cerebellar Coordination & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.dezeeuw@erasmusmc.nl.

PMID: 37607484
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.018

Abstract

Cerebellar output neurons integrate strong inhibitory input and weaker excitatory input during the control of spontaneous and learned movements. A new study sheds light on how those inputs are integrated during associative swimming in zebrafish larvae.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Cerebellar Nuclei*
Conditioning, Classical
Interneurons
Learning
Zebrafish*