Abstract
Functional imaging studies in healthy controls report cerebellar activation during a wide range of tasks, from motor execution (finger tapping, motor learning, smooth pursuit eye movements) to higher-level cognitive tasks (Tower of London, working memory paradigms, verbal fluency) in which motor responses are eliminated or controlled for. The anatomical connections between the cerebellum, the spinal cord, and sensorimotor and association areas of the cerebral cortex suggest a functional topography exists within the human cerebellum, such that different cerebellar regions are part of distributed spino-cerebellar and cerebro-cerebellar circuits. This topography is supported by data from human functional imaging studies, in which regional activation patterns differ for sensorimotor vs. cognitive and affective task paradigms. Here we review these neuroimaging data and consider both cross-task comparisons and within-task topography. We argue that cerebellar activation patterns are related to the specific demands of a given task, and the localization of the activation patterns reflects the engagement of different cerebro-cerebellar networks. Establishing cerebellar functional topography in humans has important implications for the interpretation of functional imaging data, the understanding of clinical outcomes in cerebellar damage or disease, and the broader understanding of the role of the cerebellum in motor and nonmotor functions.
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Stoodley, C.J., Desmond, J.E., Guell, X., Schmahmann, J.D. (2021). Functional Topography of the Human Cerebellum Revealed by Functional Neuroimaging Studies. In: Manto, M., Gruol, D., Schmahmann, J., Koibuchi, N., Sillitoe, R. (eds) Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97911-3_30-2
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