The mystery of the cerebellum: clues from experimental and clinical observations

Charlotte Lawrenson, Martin Bares, Anita Kamondi, Andrea Kovács, Bridget Lumb, Richard Apps, Pavel Filip and Mario Manto; Cerebellum & Ataxias 20185:8 doi:10.1186/s40673-018-0087-9

Its dense connectivity with cerebral cortex, thalamic nuclei, brainstem nuclei and spinal cord, as well as its critically high number of neurons put the cerebellum in a unique position for a participation in cognitive, affective and sensorimotor operations. This special session has highlighted this aspect by taking fear behaviour, motor control, timing contributions and tremor as 4 examples of productive fields of research.

 The mystery of the cerebellum: clues from experimental and clinical observations