Cerebellar connections with limbic circuits: Anatomy and functional implications

Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 479-496

  Blatt, Gene J ^a   Oblak, Adrian L ^a   Schmahmann, Jeremy D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1333-8_22     Document Type: Chapter

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