Invariant phase structure of olivo-cerebellar oscillations and its putative role in temporal pattern generation

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 106; no. 9; pp. 3579 - 3584
• Main Authors: Jacobson, Gilad A, Lev, Iddo, Yarom, Yosef, Cohen, Dana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 03.03.2009; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Animals; Biochemistry; Biological Sciences; Bootstrap resampling; Brain; Cerebellar cortex; Cerebellum; Cerebellum - physiology; cerebral cortex; Electrocatalysis; Electrodes; Electrophysiology; Fall lines; Frequency ranges; Male; Neurons; Neurosciences; Olivary Nucleus - physiology; Oscillation; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Purkinje cells; Rats; Rodents; Spectrograms; Studies

Complex movements require accurate temporal coordination between their components. The temporal acuity of such coordination has been attributed to an internal clock signal provided by inferior olivary oscillations. However, a clock signal can produce only time intervals that are multiples of the cyc...