title: Role of Synchronous Activation of Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Ensembles in Multi-joint Movement Control.
abstract: It is a longstanding question in neuroscience how elaborate multi-joint movements are coordinated coherently. Microzones of cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) are thought to mediate this coordination by controlling the timing of particular motor domains. However, it remains to be elucidated to what extent motor coordination deficits can be correlated with abnormalities in coherent activity within these microzones and to what extent artificially evoked synchronous activity within PC ensembles can elicit multi-joint motor behavior. To study PC ensemble correlates of limb, trunk, and tail movements, we developed a transparent disk treadmill that allows quantitative readout of locomotion and posture parameters in head-fixed mice and simultaneous cellular-resolution imaging and/or optogenetic manipulation. We show that PC ensembles in the ataxic and dystonic mouse mutant tottering have a reduced level of complex spike co-activation, which is delayed relative to movement onset and co-occurs with prolonged swing duration and reduced phase coupling of limb movements as well as with enlarged deflections of body-axis and tail movements. Using optogenetics to increase simple spike rate in PC ensembles, we find that preferred locomotion and posture patterns can be elicited or perturbed depending on the behavioral state. At rest, preferred sequences of limb movements can be elicited, whereas during locomotion, preferred gait-inhibition patterns are evoked. Our findings indicate that synchronous activation of PC ensembles can facilitate initiation and coordination of limb and trunk movements, presumably by tuning downstream systems involved in the execution of behavioral patterns.
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: hoogland@nin.knaw.nl.
authors.forename: Tycho M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hoogland
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jornt R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: De Gruijl
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Laurens
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Witter
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Cathrin B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Canto
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neuroscience, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Chris I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: De Zeeuw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology*
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