Schema for Motor Control Utilizing a Network Model of the Cerebellum

As a means of probing these cerebellar mechanisms, my colleagues and I have been conducting microelectrode studies of the neural messages that flow through the intermediate division of the cerebellum and onward to limb muscles via the rubrospinal tract. We regard this cerebellorubrospinal pathway as a useful model system for studying general problems of sensorimotor integration and adaptive brain function.