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Proceedings of the workshop on Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia and Cortical Connections Unmasked in Health and Disorder Held in Brno, Czech Republic, October 17th, 2013

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The proceedings of the workshop synthesize the experimental, preclinical, and clinical data suggesting that the cerebellum, basal ganglia (BG), and their connections play an important role in pathophysiology of various movement disorders (like Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes) or neurodevelopmental disorders (like autism). The contributions from individual distinguished speakers cover the neuroanatomical research of complex networks, neuroimaging data showing that the cerebellum and BG are connected to a wide range of other central nervous system structures involved in movement control. Especially, the cerebellum plays a more complex role in how the brain functions than previously thought.

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Acknowledgements

This workshop was supported by the project “CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology” (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068) from European Regional Development Fund and by Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic / Ministry of Health Departmental Research and Development Program III (2010–2015) NT/13437.

The second section of this paper was supported by the MRC (grant G1100626 and a studentship to ML) and the BBSRC (Grant BB/G012717/1).

The fourth section of this paper was supported by the DFG (DFG TI 239/10-1, 10–2) and EU (Marie Curie Initial Training Network, ITN).

The preparation of the fifth section of this manuscript was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) grant R01 NS070815 (GÖ). The Center for Magnetic Resonance Research at the University of Minnesota is supported by National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) biotechnology research resource grant P41 RR008079, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) grant P41 EB015894 and the Institutional Center Cores for Advanced Neuroimaging award P30 NS076408.

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  1. Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC MU, Behavioral and Social Neuroscience Research Group, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Martin Bareš & Tomáš Kašpárek

  2. First Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne’s Teaching Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

    Martin Bareš

  3. School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Richard Apps, Michaela Loft, Stella Koutsikou & Nadia Cerminara

  4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Zora Kikinis

  5. Department of Neurology, University Clinic Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

    Dagmar Timmann

  6. Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Gulin Oz

  7. Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    James J. Ashe & Khalaf O. Bushara

  8. Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    James J. Ashe & Khalaf O. Bushara

  9. Neurology Service, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    James J. Ashe & Khalaf O. Bushara

  10. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Teaching Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

    Tomáš Kašpárek

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Bareš, M., Apps, R., Kikinis, Z. et al. Proceedings of the workshop on Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia and Cortical Connections Unmasked in Health and Disorder Held in Brno, Czech Republic, October 17th, 2013. Cerebellum 14, 142–150 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-014-0595-y

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