The Cerebellum & The Basal Ganglia

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Outline

1. The Cerebellum

   • General Function

   • Distinct Regions of the Cerebellum

   • Distinct Layers

   • The Cerebellar Microcircuit

   • Parallel Pathways & Recurrent Loops

2. The Basal Ganglia

   • General Function

   • It takes a Family

   • Microcircuitry

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Slides

• Cerebellum & Basal Ganglia

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Reading For Class

• Kandel Chapter 42

• Kandel Chapter 43

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Extra Reading

• Microcircuitry Chapters 11 & 12

• Xiao & Scheiffele, 2018: Local and long-range circuit elements for cerebellar function

• Streng et al., 2018: Complex Spike Wars

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