Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Cerebellar disruption impairs working memory during evidence accumulation

  • Ben Deverett,
  • Mikhail Kislin,
  • David W. Tank,
  • Samuel S.-H. Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11050-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Disruption of cerebellar activity impairs working memory during evidence accumulation in mice. Here, the authors show that optogenetic perturbation of Purkinje cell activity disrupts the accurate accumulation of somatosensory information in working memory during perceptual decision-making.