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Evidence is given for the dissociation of activity of alpha and gamma motor neuron activity during slow precise pursuit tracking, in which the cerebellum may play a role. Questions are raised as to whether this is a learned phenomenon, how the cerebellum might participate in the learning, and what is needed to find out.
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Thach, W.T., Schieber, M.H., Gilbert, P.F.C., Elble, R.J. (1982). Cerebellar Learning in Limb Movements?. In: Woody, C.D. (eds) Conditioning. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 26. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0701-4_29
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