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Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders High quality books Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders By:Mario Manto,Donna L. Gruol,Jeremy Schmahmann,Noriyuki Koibuchi,Ferdinando Rossi Published on 2012-08-04 by Springer Our knowledge of cerebellar functions and cerebellar disorders, called ataxias, is increasing considerably. Studies of the cerebellum are now a central focus in neuroscience. During the last four decades, many laboratories worldwide have dedicated their research activities to understanding the roles of the cerebellum in motor control, cognitive processes and biology of mental processes, behavioral symptoms, and emotion. It is now accepted that the cerebellum acts as a cognitive operator in learning, perception, and attention. Moreover, major improvements in our assessment of in vivo cerebellar architecture using imaging techniques have occurred. A typical example is the accurate description of cerebellar anatomy during fetal development with MRI, a...