Embarrassed, but not depressed: eye opening lessons for cerebellar learning.

Full Abstract

Cellular mechanisms of plasticity must be linked to circuit mechanisms of behavior to understand learning and memory. Studies of how learning occurs in cerebellar circuits for classical conditioning of eyeblinks are meeting this challenge admirably. Several recent papers have added to the richness of our understanding of cerebellar learning by correlating complex aspects of learned behaviors with hitherto underappreciated properties of the cerebellar circuit.

Author information

Author/s: Carey, Megan (M); Lisberger, Stephen (S);

Affiliation: W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience, Neuroscience Graduate Program and Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. mcarey(-atsign-)phy.ucsf.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Neuron (Neuron), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jul; vol 35 (issue 2) : pp 223-6

Dates: Created 2002/08/05; Completed 2002/08/30; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 12160741, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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