Cooperation of the vestibular and cerebellar networks in anxiety disorders and depression
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review
PubMed
30292730
DOI
10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.10.004
PII: S0278-5846(18)30422-6
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Anxiety disorders, Cerebellum, Depression, Internal model, Vestibular system,
- MeSH
- Depressive Disorder physiopathology MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Cerebellum physiopathology MeSH
- Neural Pathways physiopathology MeSH
- Vestibular Nuclei physiopathology MeSH
- Anxiety Disorders physiopathology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Review MeSH
The discipline of affective neuroscience is concerned with the neural bases of emotion and mood. The past decades have witnessed an explosion of research in affective neuroscience, increasing our knowledge of the brain areas involved in fear and anxiety. Besides the brain areas that are classically associated with emotional reactivity, accumulating evidence indicates that both the vestibular and cerebellar systems are involved not only in motor coordination but also influence both cognition and emotional regulation in humans and animal models. The cerebellar and the vestibular systems show the reciprocal connection with a myriad of anxiety and fear brain areas. Perception anticipation and action are also major centers of interest in cognitive neurosciences. The cerebellum is crucial for the development of an internal model of action and the vestibular system is relevant for perception, gravity-related balance, navigation and motor decision-making. Furthermore, there are close relationships between these two systems. With regard to the cooperation between the vestibular and cerebellar systems for the elaboration and the coordination of emotional cognitive and visceral responses, we propose that altering the function of one of the systems could provoke internal model disturbances and, as a result, anxiety disorders followed potentially with depressive states.
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