Nature Communications (May 2019)

Impaired cerebellar Purkinje cell potentiation generates unstable spatial map orientation and inaccurate navigation

  • Julie Marie Lefort,
  • Jean Vincent,
  • Lucille Tallot,
  • Frédéric Jarlier,
  • Chris Innocentius De Zeeuw,
  • Laure Rondi-Reig,
  • Christelle Rochefort

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09958-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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It is known that Purkinje cell PKC-dependent depression is involved in the stabilization of self-motion based hippocampal representation. Here the authors describe decreased stability of hippocampal place cells based on allocentric cues in mice lacking Purkinje cell PP2B-dependent potentiation.