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Consensus Paper: Novel Directions and Next Steps of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellum in Health and Disease

Manto, Mario
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Argyropoulos, Georgios P. D.
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Bocci, Tommaso
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2022
Cerebellum

The cerebellum is involved in multiple closed-loops circuitry which connect the cerebellar modules with the motor cortex, prefrontal, temporal, and parietal cortical areas, and contribute to motor control, cognitive processes, emotional processing, and behavior. Among them, the cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathway represents the anatomical substratum of cerebellum-motor cortex inhibition (CBI). However, the cerebellum is also connected with basal ganglia by disynaptic pathways, and cerebellar involvement in disorders commonly associated with basal ganglia dysfunction (e.g., Parkinson's disease and dystonia) has been suggested. Lately, cerebellar activity has been targeted by non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to indirectly affect and tune dysfunctional circuitry in the brain. Although the results are promising, several questions remain still unsolved. Here, a panel of experts from different specialties (neurophysiology, neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychology) reviews the current results on cerebellar NIBS with the aim to derive the future steps and directions needed. We discuss the effects of TMS in the field of cerebellar neurophysiology, the potentials of cerebellar tDCS, the role of animal models in cerebellar NIBS applications, and the possible application of cerebellar NIBS in motor learning, stroke recovery, speech and language functions, neuropsychiatric and movement disorders.

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DOI
10.1007/s12311-021-01344-6
Web of Science ID

WOS:000721635500001

Author(s)
Manto, Mario
Argyropoulos, Georgios P. D.
Bocci, Tommaso
Celnik, Pablo A.
Corben, Louise A.
Guidetti, Matteo
Koch, Giacomo
Priori, Alberto
Rothwell, John C.
Sadnicka, Anna
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Date Issued

2022

Published in
Cerebellum
Volume

21

Start page

1092

End page

1122

Subjects

Neurosciences

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Neurosciences & Neurology

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cerebellum

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neuromodulation

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non-invasive

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tdcs

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tms

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theta-burst stimulation

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transcranial magnetic stimulation

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primary motor cortex

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essential tremor

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electrical-stimulation

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phantom limb

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double-blind

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cortical connectivity

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posterior cerebellum

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degenerative ataxias

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