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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Buckner, Randy L.

Titel

The Cerebellum and Cognitive Function: 25 Years of Insight from Anatomy and Neuroimaging

Ist Teil von

• Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.), 2013-10, Vol.80 (3), p.807-815

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Twenty-five years ago the first human functional neuroimaging studies of cognition discovered a surprising response in the cerebellum that could not be attributed to motor demands. This controversial observation challenged the well-entrenched view that the cerebellum solely contributes to the planning and execution of movement. Recurring neuroimaging findings combined with key insights from anatomy and case studies of neurological patients motivated a reconsideration of the traditional model of cerebellar organization and function. The majority of the human cerebellum maps to cerebral association networks in an orderly manner that includes a mirroring of the prominent cerebral asymmetries for language and attention. These findings inspire exploration of the cerebellum’s contributions to a diverse array of functional domains and neuropsychiatric disorders. Randy Buckner provides a case study for how human neuroimaging methodologies have brought new insights to understanding human cognition. New neuroimaging and neuroanatomical tools combined with serendipitous discovery led to a surprising re-envisioning of the human cerebellum from contributing exclusively to motor planning and execution to a broader role in cognition.