Consensus paper: Current views on the role of cerebellar interpositus nucleus in movement control and emotion

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 738-757

  Perciavalle, Vincenzo ^a   Apps, Richard ^b   Bracha, Vlastislav ^c   Delgado García, José M ^d   Gibson, Alan R ^e   Leggio, Maria ^f,g   Carrel, Andrew J ^c   Cerminara, Nadia ^b   Coco, Marinella ^a   Gruart, Agnès ^d   Sánchez Campusano, Raudel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^e BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Emotions; Interpositus nucleus; Motor control

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; EMOTION; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84892364053     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0464-0     Document Type: Review

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