The Dana Foundation has UJI researcher Marta Miquel to comment on an article on the cerebellum published in "Science" by the Albert Einstein School of Medicine



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## The Dana Foundation has UJI researcher Marta Miquel to comment on an article on the cerebellum published in "Science" by the Albert Einstein School of Medicine

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The Dana Foundation has counted on the researcher Marta Miquel from the "Addiction and Neuroplasticity" research group at the Universitat Jaume I to comment on an article published in the journal *Science* by the Albert Einstein Faculty of Medicine, together with researchers in neurology from Harvard University or the American University. The report on the new knowledge of the functionality of the cerebellum also highlights the advances made by the team led by Marta Miquel in this scientific field.

The author of the article, Carl Sherman, refers to the latest research carried out by the international research team led by Marta Miquel, from the Area of Psychobiology and responsible for the Master's Degree in Brain and Behaviour Research, which shows that the cerebellum, contrary to what was thought, fulfils functions that go beyond the motor sphere and could be co-responsible for the brain alterations associated with addictive drug consumption.

The conclusions of the research, which have been published in journals such as *Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews* and *Journal of Neuroscience* - with the cover of an image captured in the UJI laboratories -, would represent a step forward towards the design of new therapies for the future. The researcher explains that there is indirect evidence that "the cerebellum is involved in functions altered by addiction such as decision making, habit and inhibitory control".

The researcher already explained, when the articles were published, that the cerebellum is a relevant region of the brain to understand and be able to design future treatments for drug addiction. "Progress is being made in the description of neuronal circuits affected by drug addiction, a chronic brain disorder that is difficult to treat, because it affects the basic processes of acquiring and storing information, whose description is still incomplete", she commented, and indicated that, in this way, "the path towards new therapies will be accelerated".

The Charles A. Dana Foundation is a private American institution well known for its commitment to brain research and to educating citizens about the potential of research. For this reason, it promotes the dissemination of scientific knowledge in this field with the aim of showing and explaining to society the advances made by researchers from all over the world.

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<http://www.dana.org/news/cerebellum_good_for_more_than_moving_you_around/>

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