PUBLICATION

Purkinje cells located in the adult zebrafish valvula cerebelli exhibit variable functional responses

Authors
Chang, W., Pedroni, A., Köster, R.W., Giacomello, S., Ampatzis, K.
ID
ZDB-PUB-210918-6
Date
2021
Source
Scientific Reports   11: 18408 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Köster, Reinhard W.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Biomarkers
  • Cerebellum/cytology*
  • Cerebellum/metabolism
  • Cerebellum/physiology*
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Gene Expression
  • Genes, Reporter
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Purkinje Cells/cytology*
  • Purkinje Cells/metabolism
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
PubMed
34526620 Full text @ Sci. Rep.
Abstract
Purkinje cells are critically involved in processing the cerebellar functions by shaping and coordinating commands that they receive. Here, we demonstrate experimentally that in the adult zebrafish valvular part of the cerebellum, the Purkinje cells exhibited variable firing and functional responses and allowed the categorization into three firing classes. Compared with the Purkinje cells in the corpus cerebelli, the valvular Purkinje cells receive weak and occasional input from the inferior olive and are not active during locomotion. Together, our findings expand further the regional functional differences of the Purkinje cell population and expose their non-locomotor functionality.
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