Anatomical evidence for the involvement of medial cerebellar output from the interpositus nuclei in cognitive functions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 18980-18984

  Lu, Xiaofeng ^a,b,c,d   Miyachi, Shigehiro ^a,e   Takada, Masahiko ^a,e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cerebello thalamo cortical pathway; Retention

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; COGNITION; DENTATE NUCLEUS; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; COGNITION; MACACA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

MACACA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84869215600     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211168109     Document Type: Article

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