Journal
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 626-632Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs346
Keywords
cerebellum; connectivity; diffusion tensor imaging; point-light biological motion; superior temporal sulcus
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- Else Kroner Fresenius Foundation [P63/2008, P2010_92]
- Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) [2009_24]
- Reinhold Beitlich Foundation
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The cerebellum is believed to play an essential role in a variety of motor and cognitive functions through reciprocal interaction with the cerebral cortex. Recent findings suggest that cerebellar involvement in the network specialized for visual body motion processing may be mediated through interaction with the right superior temporal sulcus (STS). Yet, the underlying pattern of structural connectivity between the STS and the cerebellum remains unidentified. In the present work, diffusion tensor imaging analysis on seeds derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging during a task on point-light biological motion perception uncovers a structural pathway between the right posterior STS and the left cerebellar lobule Crus I. The findings suggest existence of a structural loop underpinning bidirectional communication between the STS and cerebellum. This connection might also be of potential value for other visual social abilities.
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