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The cerebellum, one of the three major portions of the brain, is involved with the coordination of voluntary movements as well as the control of equilibrium (Fig. 1).
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Zaydan, I. (2018). Cerebellum. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_303
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