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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Andrew Jackson, Dr Wei Xu
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Copyright © 2023 Jackson and Xu.The activities and role of the cerebellum in sleep have, until recently, been largely ignored by both the sleep and cerebellum fields. Human sleep studies often neglect the cerebellum because it is at a position in the skull that is inaccessible to EEG electrodes. Animal neurophysiology sleep studies have focussed mainly on the neocortex, thalamus and the hippocampus. However, recent neurophysiological studies have shown that not only does the cerebellum participate in the sleep cycle, but it may also be implicated in off-line memory consolidation. Here we review the literature on cerebellar activity during sleep and the role it plays in off-line motor learning, and introduce a hypothesis whereby the cerebellum continues to compute internal models during sleep that train the neocortex.
Author(s): Jackson A, Xu W
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Year: 2023
Volume: 17
Online publication date: 18/04/2023
Acceptance date: 31/03/2023
ISSN (electronic): 1662-5137
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1154489
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2023.1154489
