Cognitive collaborations: bidirectional functional connectivity between the cerebellum and the hippocampus

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Wilson eYu¹  Esther eKrook-Magnuson¹ 

[1] University of Minnesota;

关键词: Cerebellum;    Epilepsy;    Hippocampus;    connectivity;    Temporal;    spatial;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnsys.2015.00177

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

There is a growing recognition that the utility of the cerebellum is not limited to motor control.This review focuses on the particularly novel area of hippocampal-cerebellar interactions.Recent work has illustrated that the hippocampus and cerebellum are functionally connected in a bidirectional manner such that the cerebellum can influence hippocampal activity and vice versa.This functional connectivity has important implications for physiology, including spatial navigation and timing-dependent tasks, as well as pathophysiology, including seizures.Moving forward, an improved understanding of the critical biological underpinnings of these cognitive collaborations may improve interventions for neurological disorders such as epilepsy.

【 授权许可】

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