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Clinical Functional Topography in Cognition

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In the last 15 years increasing evidence has been added on non-motor cerebellar functions. In 1998 Schmahmann and Sherman defined a new clinical entity, the “cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome” (also called Schmahmann’s syndrome). In 2011 Tedesco et al. characterized the cognitive profile of subjects affected by focal cerebellar damage. The most adversely affected functions in focal cerebellar damage are sequencing, language, executive function, and visuospatial abilities.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Maria Leggio

  2. Ataxia Laboratory, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

    Maria Leggio

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  1. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

    Donna L. Gruol

  2. Department of Integrative Physiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

    Noriyuki Koibuchi

  3. FNRS, ULB-Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Mario Manto

  4. Clinical Translational Research, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

    Marco Molinari

  5. Ataxia Unit, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit, Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology, Department of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jeremy D. Schmahmann

  6. Department of Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

    Ying Shen

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Leggio, M. (2016). Clinical Functional Topography in Cognition. In: Gruol, D., Koibuchi, N., Manto, M., Molinari, M., Schmahmann, J., Shen, Y. (eds) Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24551-5_53

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