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2017 ; 544
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Cerebellar granule cells encode the expectation of reward
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Wagner MJ
; Kim TH
; Savall J
; Schnitzer MJ
; Luo L
Nature
2017[Apr]; 544
(7648
): 96-100
PMID28321129
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The human brain contains approximately 60 billion cerebellar granule cells, which
outnumber all other brain neurons combined. Classical theories posit that a
large, diverse population of granule cells allows for highly detailed
representations of sensorimotor context, enabling downstream Purkinje cells to
sense fine contextual changes. Although evidence suggests a role for the
cerebellum in cognition, granule cells are known to encode only sensory and motor
context. Here, using two-photon calcium imaging in behaving mice, we show that
granule cells convey information about the expectation of reward. Mice initiated
voluntary forelimb movements for delayed sugar-water reward. Some granule cells
responded preferentially to reward or reward omission, whereas others selectively
encoded reward anticipation. Reward responses were not restricted to forelimb
movement, as a Pavlovian task evoked similar responses. Compared to predictable
rewards, unexpected rewards elicited markedly different granule cell activity
despite identical stimuli and licking responses. In both tasks, reward signals
were widespread throughout multiple cerebellar lobules. Tracking the same granule
cells over several days of learning revealed that cells with reward-anticipating
responses emerged from those that responded at the start of learning to reward
delivery, whereas reward-omission responses grew stronger as learning progressed.
The discovery of predictive, non-sensorimotor encoding in granule cells is a
major departure from the current understanding of these neurons and markedly
enriches the contextual information available to postsynaptic Purkinje cells,
with important implications for cognitive processing in the cerebellum.