title: A matter of trial and error for motor learning.
abstract: Climbing fiber inputs to cerebellar Purkinje cells are thought to carry error signals that can trigger motor learning across multiple time scales. A new study by Kimpo et al. finds that the potency of climbing fibers as instructive signals for adaptation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex depends on task conditions.
authors.affiliation: Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Dominique L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Pritchett
authors.affiliation: Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: megan.carey@neuro.fchampalimaud.org.
authors.forename: Megan R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007858:Learning; D009043:Motor Activity; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology*