title: Targeting the Cerebellum by Noninvasive Neurostimulation: a Review.
abstract: Transcranial magnetic and electric stimulation of the brain are novel and highly promising techniques currently employed in both research and clinical practice. Improving or rehabilitating brain functions by modulating excitability with these noninvasive tools is an exciting new area in neuroscience. Since the cerebellum is closely connected with the cerebral regions subserving motor, associative, and affective functions, the cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathways are an interesting target for these new techniques. Targeting the cerebellum represents a novel way to modulate the excitability of remote cortical regions and their functions. This review brings together the studies that have applied cerebellar stimulation, magnetic and electric, and presents an overview of the current knowledge and unsolved issues. Some recommendations for future research are implemented as well.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Neurolinguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Dun
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Etude du Mouvement, Laboratoire de Neurologie Expérimentale, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bodranghien
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Etude du Mouvement, Laboratoire de Neurologie Expérimentale, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.|Service des Neurosciences, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manto
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Neurolinguistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. peter.marien5@telenet.be.|Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, ZNA Middelheim General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium. peter.marien5@telenet.be.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariën
mesh_terms: D002531:Cerebellum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods
keywords: Affective; Cerebellum; Clinical; Cognitive; Functional connectivity; Motor; TMS; tDCS