Recurrent axon collaterals underlie facilitating synapses between cerebellar Purkinje cells

richard submitted, created time 1 year 3 weeks (www.pnas.org)

Morphological studies have provided ample evidence for synaptic connections between cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs), but the functional properties of these synapses remain elusive. We report on direct recordings of synaptically connected PCs in mice cerebellar slices.

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Acquisition, Extinction, and Reacquisition of a Cerebellar Cortical Memory Trace

badboy submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.jneurosci.org)

Many of the basic behavioral phenomena in eyeblink conditioning can be explained at the level of the single Purkinje cell.

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