Nature Communications (May 2016)

Plasticity within non-cerebellar pathways rapidly shapes motor performance in vivo

  • Diana E. Mitchell,
  • Charles C. Della Santina,
  • Kathleen E. Cullen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11238
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The extent to which non-cerebellar pathways can refine motor performance is debated. Here, the authors demonstrate behaviourally relevant patterns of activation evoke rapid plasticity within direct and indirect vestibulo-ocular reflex pathways in vivo, leading to changes in evoked eye movements.