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Organization of the cerebellum: Correlating zebrin immunochemistry with optic flow zones in the pigeon flocculus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2011

JANELLE M.P. PAKAN ,
DAVID J. GRAHAM ,
CRISTIÁN GUTIÉRREZ-IBÁÑEZ  and
DOUGLAS R. WYLIE
JANELLE M.P. PAKAN
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DAVID J. GRAHAM
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
CRISTIÁN GUTIÉRREZ-IBÁÑEZ
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DOUGLAS R. WYLIE*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
*Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Douglas R. Wylie, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9. E-mail: dwylie@ualberta.ca
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Abstract

The cerebellar cortex has a fundamental parasagittal organization that is apparent in the physiological response properties of Purkinje cells (PCs) and the expression of several molecular markers such as zebrin II (ZII). ZII is heterogeneously expressed in PCs such that there are sagittal stripes of high expression [ZII immunopositive (ZII+)] interdigitated with stripes of little or no expression [ZII immunonegative (ZII−)]. Several studies in rodents have suggested that climbing fiber (CF) afferents from an individual subnucleus in the inferior olive project to either ZII+ or ZII− stripes but not both. In this report, we show that this is not the case in the pigeon flocculus. The flocculus (the lateral half of folia IXcd and X) receives visual-optokinetic information and is important for generating compensatory eye movements to facilitate gaze stabilization. Previous electrophysiological studies from our lab have shown that the pigeon flocculus consists of four parasagittal zones: 0, 1, 2, and 3. PC complex spike activity (CSA), which reflects CF input, in zones 0 and 2 responds best to rotational optokinetic stimuli about the vertical axis (VA zones), whereas CSA in zones 1 and 3 responds best to rotational optokinetic stimuli about the horizontal axis (HA zones). In addition, folium IXcd consists of seven pairs of ZII+/− stripes. Here, we recorded CSA of floccular PCs to optokinetic stimuli, marked recording locations, and subsequently visualized ZII expression in the flocculus. VA neurons were localized to the P4+/− and P6+/− stripes and HA neurons were localized to the P5+/− and P7− stripes. This is the first study showing that a series of adjacent ZII+/− stripes are tied to specific physiological functions as measured in the responses of PCs to natural stimulation. Moreover, this study shows that the functional zone in the pigeon flocculus spans a ZII+/− stripe pair, which is contrary to the scheme proposed from rodent research.

Keywords

OptokineticVestibulocerebellumClimbing fiberCompartmentationAldolase C
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Research Articles
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , March 2011 , pp. 163 - 174
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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