Cerebellar contributions to spatial memory

Tomlinson, Simon P and Davis, Nick J and Morgan, Helen M and Bracewell, R Martyn (2014) Cerebellar contributions to spatial memory. Neuroscience Letters, 578. pp. 182-186. ISSN 0304-3940

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Abstract

There is mounting evidence for a role for the cerebellum in working memory (WM). The majority of relevant studies has examined verbal WM and has suggested specialisation of the right cerebellar hemisphere for language processing. Our study used theta burst stimulation (TBS) to examine whether there is a converse cerebellar hemispheric specialisation for spatial WM. We conducted two experiments to examine spatial WM performance before and after TBS to mid-hemispheric and lateral locations in the posterior cerebellum. Participants were required to recall the order of presentation of targets on a screen or the targets' order of presentation and their locations. We observed impaired recollection of target order after TBS to the mid left cerebellar hemisphere and reduced response speed after TBS to the left lateral cerebellum. We suggest that these results give evidence of the contributions of the left cerebellar cortex to the encoding and retrieval of spatial information.

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Journal Article
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Neuroscience Letters
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127910
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Deposited On:
03 Oct 2018 13:10
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Published
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