Evolving Viewpoints on the Cerebellum

Author: By Peter J. Koehler

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World Neurology| Evolving Viewpoints on the Cerebellum

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With respect to the history of functions successively attributed to it, the cerebellum is perhaps one of the most remarkable parts of the central nervous system. Five years ago, I wrote about vital functions attributed to the cerebellum ("Early Ideas on the Localization of Vital Functions: From Cerebellum to Medulla Oblongata," World Neurology, Winter 2019). This was particularly true in the 17th and 18th centuries when it was initially thought that the cerebellum was a vital organ. More careful experiments gradually revealed that this was not the case. The ideas regarding nonmotor functions of the cerebellum, however, are more numerous than that.

Continue to the full article to see how historical aspects of cerebellar nonmotor functions have changed over time.