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- Title
Cerebellar Stimulation: Lighting the Way.
- Authors
Benussi, Alberto; Manto, Mario
- Abstract
The article discusses the role of the cerebellum in motor control and the effects of cerebellar stimulation on the motor cortex. It explains that the cerebellum receives sensory inputs from the spinal cord and integrates them to fine-tune motor activity. The article also highlights the use of various neurophysiological tools, such as electric and magnetic stimulation, to study the inhibitory influence of the cerebellum on the motor cortex. The authors present a study that used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure the effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on hemodynamic responses in the motor cortex. The study found that anodal tDCS decreased oxyhemoglobin concentrations in the contralateral motor cortex and increased them in the ipsilateral motor cortex. The article concludes by suggesting that further research is needed to confirm these findings and explore the broader effects of cerebellar stimulation.
- Subjects
TRANSCRANIAL direct current stimulation; NEURAL inhibition; CEREBELLAR cortex; CEREBRAL hemispheres; CEREBELLAR nuclei
- Publication
Cerebellum, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1473-4222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12311-023-01517-5