TY - JOUR
T1 - Oculomotor cerebellum
AU - Voogd, Jan
AU - Barmack, Neal H.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - The anatomical, physiological, and behavioral evidence for the involvement of three regions of the cerebellum in oculomotor behavior is reviewed here: (1) the oculomotor vermis and paravermis of lobules V, IV, and VII; (2) the uvula and nodulus; (3) flocculus and ventral parafloccculus. No region of the cerebellum controls eye movements exclusively, but each receives sensory information relevant for the control of multiple systems. An analysis of the microcircuitry suggests how sagittal climbing fiber zones bring visual information to the oculomotor vermis; convey vestibular information to the uvula and nodulus, while optokinetic space is represented in the flocculus. The mossy fiber projections are more heterogeneous. The importance of the inferior olive in modulating Purkinje cell responses is discussed.
AB - The anatomical, physiological, and behavioral evidence for the involvement of three regions of the cerebellum in oculomotor behavior is reviewed here: (1) the oculomotor vermis and paravermis of lobules V, IV, and VII; (2) the uvula and nodulus; (3) flocculus and ventral parafloccculus. No region of the cerebellum controls eye movements exclusively, but each receives sensory information relevant for the control of multiple systems. An analysis of the microcircuitry suggests how sagittal climbing fiber zones bring visual information to the oculomotor vermis; convey vestibular information to the uvula and nodulus, while optokinetic space is represented in the flocculus. The mossy fiber projections are more heterogeneous. The importance of the inferior olive in modulating Purkinje cell responses is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0079-6123(05)51008-2
DO - 10.1016/S0079-6123(05)51008-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16221591
SN - 0079-6123
VL - 151
SP - 231
EP - 268
JO - Progress in Brain Research
JF - Progress in Brain Research
ER -