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Motor learning and synaptic plasticity in the cerebellum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Richard F. Thompson
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520. thompson@neuro.usc.edu

Abstract

For reasons I have never understood, some students of the cerebellum have been unwilling to accept the now overwhelming evidence that the cerebellum exhibits lasting synaptic plasticity and plays an essential role in some forms of learning and memory. With a few exceptions (e.g., target article by SIMPSON et al.) this is no longer the case, as is clear in the excellent target articles on cerebellar LTD and the excellent target review by HOUK et al. [CRÉPEL et al.; HOUR et al.; KANO; LINDEN; SIMPSON et al.; SMITH; VINCENT]

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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