We recorded the neural activity of single Purkinje cells in the floccular complex of the cerebellum in monkeys that had been trained to perform smooth-pursuit eye movements 11,12. We chose to study ...

The research group lead by Tomoo Hirano (Professor, Graduate School of Science) and its member, Shinsuke Tanaka (Graduate Student) et al. found that synaptic plasticity at cerebellar inhibitory ...

Is plasticity in sensory and motor systems linked? Here, in the context of speech motor learning and perception, we test the idea sensory function is modified by motor learning and, in particular, ...

From writing an article and typing to playing a violin or being a tennis star, the learning of tasks involving movement is one of the brain’s most complex challenges. How does one acquire new motor ...