The cerebellum: Cortical processing and theory

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 759-764

  De Schutter, Erik ^a   Maex, Reinoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030467935     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80025-0     Document Type: Article

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