Historical review of the significance of the cerebellum and the role of purkinje cells in motor learning

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 978, Issue , 2002, Pages 273-288

  Ito, Masao ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal model; Long term depression; Neuronal circuit; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARM MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; EYELID REFLEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036964705     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07574.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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