Valera Lab

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ERC Starting Grant · 2021

Neuronal computations and population dynamics in the Cerebellar Nuclei during motor behaviours

Motor control involves many brain structures, handling different behavioural aspects such as planning, learning and execution of movements. In vertebrates, while downstream structures such as motor nuclei in the brainstem seem to encode simple stereotyped movements, other structures such as the motor cortex seem to encode higher level aspects of motricity such as goal oriented complex movements. The cerebel-lum, a key structure for movement coordination and motor learning is extensively connected to higher struc-tures such as the neocortex, but also to brainstem nuclei controlling simple movements. How the cerebel-lum influences downstream structures depends on the computations occurring in…

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