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Animal Models of Neurological Disease, I pp 275–294Cite as

Animal Models of the Cerebellar Ataxias

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Part of the book series: Neuromethods ((NM,volume 21))

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The cerebellum is composed of the cerebellar cortex, internal white matter, and deep cerebellar nuclei. These nuclei are the fastigial, interpositus, and dentate nuclei; they mediate most of the output of the cerebellum. This output is directed primarily to motor regions of the brain stem and cerebral cortex.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Roger F. Butterworth

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  1. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

    Alan A. Boulton

  2. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Glen B. Baker

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    Roger F. Butterworth

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Butterworth, R.F. (1992). Animal Models of the Cerebellar Ataxias. In: Boulton, A.A., Baker, G.B., Butterworth, R.F. (eds) Animal Models of Neurological Disease, I. Neuromethods, vol 21. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-208-6:275

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