The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touch
The cerebellum is involved in predicting the sensory feedback resulting from movements and sensations, but little is known about the precise timing of these predictions due to the scarcity of time-sensitive cerebellar neuroimaging studies. We here, using magnetoencephalography, investigated the hypo...
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doaj-92e05f8a6fe14b9da5521197e2057ef72021-07-25T04:41:57ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722021-09-01238118202The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touchLau M. Andersen0Sarang S. Dalal1Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University, Universitetsbyen 3, Building 1710, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; National Facility for Magnetoencephalography (NatMEG), Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Corresponding author.Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University, Universitetsbyen 3, Building 1710, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkThe cerebellum is involved in predicting the sensory feedback resulting from movements and sensations, but little is known about the precise timing of these predictions due to the scarcity of time-sensitive cerebellar neuroimaging studies. We here, using magnetoencephalography, investigated the hypothesis that one function of the cerebellum is to predict with millisecond precision when rhythmic stimuli are expected to impinge on sensory receptors.This revealed that omissions following regular trains of stimulation showed higher cerebellar power in the beta band (14-30 Hz) than those following irregular trains of stimulation, within milliseconds of when the omitted stimulus should have appeared. We also found evidence of cerebellar theta band (4-7 Hz) activity encoding the rhythm of new sequences of stimulation.Our results also strongly suggest that the putamen and the thalamus mirror the cerebellum in showing higher beta band power when omissions followed regular trains of stimulation compared to when they followed irregular trains of stimulation.We interpret this as the cerebellum functioning as a clock that precisely encodes and predicts upcoming stimulation, perhaps in tandem with the putamen and thalamus. Relative to less predictable stimuli, perfectly predictable stimuli induce greater cerebellar power. This implies that the cerebellum entrains to rhythmic stimuli for the purpose of detecting any deviations from that rhythm.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811921004791TimingMagnetoencephalographyCerebellumSomatosensationPrediction |
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The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touch |
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The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touch |
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The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touch |
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The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touch |
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The cerebellar clock: Predicting and timing somatosensory touch |
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cerebellar clock: predicting and timing somatosensory touch |
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The cerebellum is involved in predicting the sensory feedback resulting from movements and sensations, but little is known about the precise timing of these predictions due to the scarcity of time-sensitive cerebellar neuroimaging studies. We here, using magnetoencephalography, investigated the hypothesis that one function of the cerebellum is to predict with millisecond precision when rhythmic stimuli are expected to impinge on sensory receptors.This revealed that omissions following regular trains of stimulation showed higher cerebellar power in the beta band (14-30 Hz) than those following irregular trains of stimulation, within milliseconds of when the omitted stimulus should have appeared. We also found evidence of cerebellar theta band (4-7 Hz) activity encoding the rhythm of new sequences of stimulation.Our results also strongly suggest that the putamen and the thalamus mirror the cerebellum in showing higher beta band power when omissions followed regular trains of stimulation compared to when they followed irregular trains of stimulation.We interpret this as the cerebellum functioning as a clock that precisely encodes and predicts upcoming stimulation, perhaps in tandem with the putamen and thalamus. Relative to less predictable stimuli, perfectly predictable stimuli induce greater cerebellar power. This implies that the cerebellum entrains to rhythmic stimuli for the purpose of detecting any deviations from that rhythm. |
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Timing Magnetoencephalography Cerebellum Somatosensation Prediction |
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