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Cerebellum and Neuronal Plasticity pp 209–223Cite as

Inferior Olive And Motor Control

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In 1824 Fleurens suggested that the cerebellum is important for the coordination of movements, a regulatory function still believed to be a basic attribute of this structure. However, the role that each of the two main afferent inputs to the cerebellar cortex, the mossy and the climbing fibres, plays in cerebellar function is still unclear.

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Strata, P. (1987). Inferior Olive And Motor Control. In: Glickstein, M., Yeo, C., Stein, J. (eds) Cerebellum and Neuronal Plasticity. NATO ASI Series, vol 148. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0965-9_14

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