Roles of the cerebellum and basal ganglia in temporal integration: Insights from a synchronized tapping task

CONCLUSIONS: Cerebellar patients generally showed greater STE variability, except for SCA31. The pace of tapping was affected in patients with possible basal ganglia pathology.SIGNIFICANCE: Our results suggest that interaction between the cerebellum and the basal ganglia is essential for temporal processing. The cerebellum and basal ganglia and their interaction regulate synchronized tapping, resulting in distinct tapping pattern abnormalities among different SCD subtypes.PMID:38113692 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2023.11.018

Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - December 19, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Shin-Ichi Tokushige Shunichi Matsuda Masayoshi Tada Ichiro Yabe Atsushi Takeda Hiroyasu Tanaka Megumi Hatakenaka Hiroyuki Enomoto Shunsuke Kobayashi Kazutaka Shimizu Takahiro Shimizu Naoki Kotsuki Satomi Inomata-Terada Toshiaki Furubayashi Yaeko Ichikawa Source Type: research