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The Neglected Cerebello-Limbic Pathways and Neuropsychological Features of the Cerebellum in Emotion

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    Paolo Flace & Paolo Livrea

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  3. Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98125, Messina, Italy

    Angelo Quartarone, Demetrio Milardi, Giuseppina Rizzo & Giuseppe Anastasi

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Flace, P., Quartarone, A., Colangelo, G. et al. The Neglected Cerebello-Limbic Pathways and Neuropsychological Features of the Cerebellum in Emotion. Cerebellum 17, 243–246 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-017-0884-3

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