title: Hemicerebellectomy blocks the enhancement of cortical motor output associated with repetitive somatosensory stimulation in the rat.
abstract: Repetitive peripheral stimulation is associated with an enhancement of the intensity of corticomotor responses. We analysed the effects of hemicerebellectomy on the modulation of cortical motor output associated with repetitive electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve in the rat. Hemicerebellectomy blocked the enhancement of the corticomotor response. The cerebellum is a key player in this form of short-term plasticity.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Erasme-ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nordeyn Oulad
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Ben Taib
authors.forename: Oulad Ben Taib
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Nordeyn
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manto
authors.forename: Manto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mario
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pandolfo
authors.forename: Pandolfo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Massimo
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brotchi
authors.forename: Brotchi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jacques
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D003714:Denervation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006181:H-Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*