title: A mathematical model of the cerebellar-olivary system II: motor adaptation through systematic disruption of climbing fiber equilibrium.
abstract: The implications for motor learning of the model developed in the previous article are analyzed using idealized Pavlovian eyelid conditioning trials, a simple example of cerebellar motor learning. Results suggest that changes in gr-->Pkj synapses produced by a training trial disrupt equilibrium and lead to subsequent changes in the opposite direction that restore equilibrium. We show that these opposing phases would make the net plasticity at each gr-->Pkj synapse proportional to the change in its activity during the training trial, as influenced by a factor that precludes plasticity when changes in activity are inconsistent. This yields an expression for the component of granule cell activity that supports learning, the across-trials consistency vector, the square of which determines the expected rate of learning. These results suggest that the equilibrium maintained by the cerebellar-olivary system must be disrupted in a specific and systematic manner to promote cerebellar-mediated motor learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mauk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003215:Conditioning, Eyelid / Q000502:physiology; D005108:Extinction, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009847:Olivary Nucleus / Q000166:cytology*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology