cerebellum
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For years, neuroscientists have focused on the relationship between two types of brain cells in the cerebellum.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
When the cerebellum is disrupted, people can experience symptoms including painful muscle contractions, abnormal postures, and uncontrollable shaking.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
Two brain regions that commonly shrink and become less active with age are the putamen and the cerebellum.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
In MS and related neurological diseases, damage to the cerebellum often leads to the gradual death of Purkinje cells.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
His injury is not at the back of his head in the cerebellum or at the bottom of the brain near the brain stem.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
A Heidelberg research team has now generated comprehensive genetic maps of the development of cells in the cerebella of human, mouse and opossum.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
Erasistratus and Herophilus explored the cerebella of fast-moving animals like deer and rabbits.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
"I spent a lot of time looking at cerebellums," Huggins said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
They discovered that these patients suffered immediate changes to the white matter in two areas of their brains: Their frontal lobes, which help manage thoughts, and in their cerebellums, which take charge of motor control.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2023
For those who grew up with the fiery bun-headed teenager in 1977’s Star Wars, her youthful image is burned so deeply into our cerebellums that we can recall her countenance in an instant.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2017
Given the terrifyingly coordinated movements that “fast zombies” exhibit, it is our belief that their cerebellums are likely intact.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2014
"Ah! my lord king, we should not cut off the nervous communication between our eyes, and our cerebellums."
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
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