The cerebellum in the spatial problem solving: A co-star or a guest star?

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-210

  Petrosini, Laura ^a,b   Leggio, Maria G ^a,b   Molinari, Marco ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLECTOMY; CEREBELLUM; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031681412     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(98)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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