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The cerebellum and non-motor function: clinical implications

Molecular Psychiatry volume 3, pages 207–210 (1998)Cite this article

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The recent demonstration that the human cerebellum is involved in attention operations independent of sensory input or motor output highlights the inadequacy of traditional concepts of cerebellar function, and calls for psychiatrists, neurologists, and neuropsychologists to reconsider the possible contribution of cerebellar abnormalities to disorders characterized by non-motor symptoms.

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  1. Research on the Neuroscience of Autism, Children's Hospital Research Center, 8110 La Jolla Shores Drive, Room 201, La Jolla, 92037, CA, USA

    G Allen & E Courchesne

  2. San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 103, San Diego, 92120, CA, USA

    G Allen

  3. Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, CA, USA

    E Courchesne

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Allen, G., Courchesne, E. The cerebellum and non-motor function: clinical implications. Mol Psychiatry 3, 207–210 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000395

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