Role of subcortical signals in selecting and updating motor plans (A06)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 431549029

Project A06 investigates the role of the cerebellar signals in motor planning and re-planning by combining behavioral neurophysiology in monkeys and computational network modeling. Project A06 study the contribution of cerebellar output to motor cortical planning mediated directly through thalamocortical interactions and indirectly through cerebellar modulation of basal ganglia activity. We integrate our experimental data with computational modeling to generate functional hypotheses in a comprehensive, cortical-subcortical network model for motor planning.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1451: Key mechanisms of motor control in health and disease
• International Connection: Israel
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Martin Paul Nawrot; Professorin Dr. Yifat Prut