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cerebellum

[ser-uh-bel-uhm] / ˌsɛr əˈbɛl əm /


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"But this neuron doesn't release NE everywhere. It ignores the cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The symptoms result from damage affecting the cerebellum and motor pathways within the central nervous system.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

"To answer this, one of our ongoing research projects is focused on studying mitochondria in specific types of brain cells in the cerebellum," Tiwari-Woodruff said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

In roughly 80% of cases, the disease involves inflammation in the cerebellum, a region of the brain essential for balance and coordinated movement.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

In the back and underneath are the cerebellum and the brain stem.

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

For those who grew up with the fiery bun-headed teenager in 1977’s Star Wars, her youthful image is burned so deeply into our cerebellums that we can recall her countenance in an instant.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2017

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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