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The Cerebellum as a Computer?

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The Cerebellum as a Neuronal Machine

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It is generally believed that in some way the cerebellum functions as a type of computer that is particularly concerned with the smooth and effective control of movement. It is assumed that the cerebellum integrates and organizes the information flowing into it along the various neural pathways and that the consequent cerebellar output either goes down the spinal cord to the motoneurones and so participates in the control of movement or else is returned to the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex, there to modify the control of movement from these higher centers.

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  1. Institute for Biomedical Research, American Medical Association, Education and Research Foundation, 535 North Dearborn Street, 606 10, Chicago, Ill., USA

    Professor Dr. John C. Eccles

  2. University of Tokyo, Japan

    Dr. Masao Ito (Associate Professor of Physiology Faculty of Medicine)

  3. Department of Anatomy University Medical School, Tüzoltó utca 58, Budapest, IX., Hungary

    Professor Dr. János Szentágothai

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Eccles, J.C., Ito, M., Szentágothai, J. (1967). The Cerebellum as a Computer?. In: The Cerebellum as a Neuronal Machine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13147-3_16

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