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Cerebellar Developmental Disorders and Cerebellar Nuclei

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While significant progress has been made in the last 10 years in understanding the development of cerebellar nuclei, they remain a relatively less well-studied cell group in the brain. In this chapter, we review the anatomical organisation of the cerebellar nuclei and their connections to highlight outstanding developmental questions. We then describe recent progress in dissecting the lineages of cerebellar neurons that may point to new understanding of their involvement in congenital clinical disorders.

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    Hong-Ting Prekop & Richard J. T. Wingate

  2. Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK

    Alessio Delogu

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  1. Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) Max Rady College of Medicine Rady Faculty of Health Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Hassan Marzban

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Prekop, HT., Delogu, A., Wingate, R.J.T. (2023). Cerebellar Developmental Disorders and Cerebellar Nuclei. In: Marzban, H. (eds) Development of the Cerebellum from Molecular Aspects to Diseases. Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23104-9_5

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