Investigation of the connectivity between the deep cerebellum and thalamic system using trans-synaptic tracers

• Main Author: Heng, Deanna Li-Ying
• Other Authors: Albert I. Chen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63950
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) play a crucial role in fine tuning motor behaviour and motor learning by integrating input from pre-cerebellar nuclei and cerebellar cortex and relaying this information to higher regions of the brain. While conventional lesion studies have demonstrated the DCN’s ass...