Cerebellar direct current stimulation modulates hand blink reflex: implications for defensive behavior in humans

• Published in: Physiological reports Vol. 6; no. 10; pp. e13471 - n/a
• Main Authors: Bocci, Tommaso, Ferrucci, Roberta, Barloscio, Davide, Parenti, Laura, Cortese, Francesca, Priori, Alberto, Sartucci, Ferdinando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2018; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior; Blink reflex; Blinking; Central Nervous System; Cerebellar direct current stimulation; Cerebellum; Cerebellum - physiology; Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience; Consciousness; Cortex (motor); Defensive behavior; Electric Stimulation; Electrical stimulation of the brain; Electrical stimuli; Electrodes; Electromyography; ESB; Female; Hand; Hand - physiology; hand blink reflex; Humans; Hypotheses; Male; Median nerve; Median Nerve - physiology; Motor Control; Motor Cortex - physiology; Original Research; peripersonal space; Personal Space; Physiology; tDCS; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Visual cortex; Wrist; Young Adult; peripersonal space; defensive behavior; hand blink reflex; Cerebellar direct current stimulation; tDCS; cerebellum

The cerebellum is involved in a wide number of integrative functions. We evaluated the role of cerebellum in peripersonal defensive behavior, as assessed by the so‐called hand blink reflex (HBR), modulating cerebellar activity with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Healthy subjects und...