The UI study, which was published March 28 online in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, adds to the accumulating evidence, including recent human studies from Harvard University, that suggests
cerebellar stimulation might help improve cognitive problems in patients with schizophrenia.
According to research by James Prescott, a developmental neuropsychologist and cross cultural psychologist, «vestibular -
cerebellar stimulation (which happens when we carry our babies) is the most important sensory system for the development of «basic trust» in the affectional bonding between mother and infant.
Abbreviations: AMPAR, AMPA receptor; AS, Angelman syndrome; BDNF, brain - derived neurotrophic factor; CaMKII, α - calcium / calmodulin - dependent protein kinase II; CGN,
cerebellar granule neuron; co-IP, coimmunoprecipitation; DG, dentate gyrus; ERK, extracellular signal - regulated kinase; fEPSP, field excitatory postsynaptic potential; Gab1, Grb2 - associated binder 1; HFS, high frequency
stimulation; IGF, insulin - like growth factor; LTP, long - term potentiation; PSD - 95, postsynaptic density protein - 95; SYN, synaptophysin; WT, wild type