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cerebellum

[ser-uh-bel-uhm] / ˌsɛr əˈbɛl əm /


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When the cerebellum is disrupted, people can experience symptoms including painful muscle contractions, abnormal postures, and uncontrollable shaking.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

For years, neuroscientists have focused on the relationship between two types of brain cells in the cerebellum.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

These symptoms resemble those seen in certain human disorders linked to genome instability that affect the cerebellum.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

Her team applied the artificial signals to slices of mouse cerebellum.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

Without your cerebellum, you couldn't walk upright, touch your finger to your nose, or turn this page.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

A Heidelberg research team has now generated comprehensive genetic maps of the development of cells in the cerebella of human, mouse and opossum.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

Erasistratus and Herophilus explored the cerebella of fast-moving animals like deer and rabbits.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018

The researchers also found greater activity across broader areas of both cerebellums in the participants who continued practicing compared with those who stopped.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

They discovered that these patients suffered immediate changes to the white matter in two areas of their brains: Their frontal lobes, which help manage thoughts, and in their cerebellums, which take charge of motor control.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2023

With luck the new movie, out in August, might act as something of a hangover cure for those still suffering from battered cerebellums after sitting through two and a half hours of Batman v Superman.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2016

Given the terrifyingly coordinated movements that “fast zombies” exhibit, it is our belief that their cerebellums are likely intact.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2014

"Ah! my lord king, we should not cut off the nervous communication between our eyes, and our cerebellums."

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville


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