Publication Date:
2012-03-14
Description:
From an evolutionary point of view, the cerebellum consists of three regions: the archicerebellum, which is dominant in aquatic animals; the paleocerebellum, which developed during terrestrial locomotion in parallel with the spinal cord; and the neocerebellum, which dominates in mammals and developed along with the cerebral hemispheres. The paleocerebellum, identified mainly with the vermis, is often called the spinocerebellum, although spinal afferents project only to the vermal area of the anterior lobe and to a subregion of the posterior lobe. Therefore, the name spinocerebellum should not be synonymous with vermis and should not imply a lack of cortical afferents. The...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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