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Volume 348:180-181 January 9, 2003 Number 2
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The Cerebellum and Its Disorders

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Edited by Mario-Ubaldo Manto and Massimo Pandolfo. 589 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2002. $225. ISBN 0-521-77156-0.

On the first page of this big book, the editors tell us that "there have been major advances in the understanding of motor and non-motor operations of the cerebellum." But one must read between the lines of this and other books that summarize our knowledge of the structure and function of the cerebellum. There is a secret lurking behind all of the words: we do not really know much about what the cerebellum does or how it does it. Everyone agrees that people and animals with cerebellar lesions have impaired movement, but there is no agreement among the authorities about . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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