Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Regulation of striatal cells and goal-directed behavior by cerebellar outputs

  • Le Xiao,
  • Caroline Bornmann,
  • Laetitia Hatstatt-Burklé,
  • Peter Scheiffele

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05565-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Cerebellar outputs contribute to motor as well as cognitive behaviors. Here, the authors elucidate the connectivity between deep cerebellar nuclei and specific cell types in the striatum via the intralaminar thalamic nucleus and the participation of this circuit in striatum-dependent behavior.