The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity

AR Sobinov, SJ Bensmaia - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
The hand endows us with unparalleled precision and versatility in our interactions with
objects, from mundane activities such as gras** to extraordinary ones such as virtuoso …

The cerebellum and cognition

JD Schmahmann - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
What the cerebellum does to sensorimotor and vestibular control, it also does to cognition,
emotion, and autonomic function. This hypothesis is based on the theories of dysmetria of …

Sleep deprivation and neurological disorders

M Bishir, A Bhat, MM Essa, O Ekpo… - BioMed research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep plays an important role in maintaining neuronal circuitry, signalling and helps
maintain overall health and wellbeing. Sleep deprivation (SD) disturbs the circadian …

Evolving concepts on bradykinesia

M Bologna, G Paparella, A Fasano, M Hallett… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Bradykinesia is one of the cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other
parkinsonisms. The various clinical aspects related to bradykinesia and the …

The effect of balance and coordination exercises on quality of life in older adults: a mini-review

A Dunsky - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The ability to control balance during activities of daily living (ADL) is impaired in older adults
as a result of deterioration in the sensory systems (ie, vestibular, visual, somatosensory), the …

Consensus paper: towards a systems-level view of cerebellar function: the interplay between cerebellum, basal ganglia, and cortex

D Caligiore, G Pezzulo, G Baldassarre, AC Bostan… - The Cerebellum, 2017 - Springer
Despite increasing evidence suggesting the cerebellum works in concert with the cortex and
basal ganglia, the nature of the reciprocal interactions between these three brain regions …

The cerebellar cortex

C Hull, WG Regehr - Annual review of neuroscience, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The cerebellar cortex is an important system for relating neural circuits and learning. Its
promise reflects the longstanding idea that it contains simple, repeated circuit modules with …

Consensus paper: revisiting the symptoms and signs of cerebellar syndrome

F Bodranghien, A Bastian, C Casali, M Hallett… - The Cerebellum, 2016 - Springer
The cerebellum is involved in sensorimotor operations, cognitive tasks and affective
processes. Here, we revisit the concept of the cerebellar syndrome in the light of recent …

Consensus paper: the role of the cerebellum in perceptual processes

O Baumann, RJ Borra, JM Bower, KE Cullen, C Habas… - The Cerebellum, 2015 - Springer
Various lines of evidence accumulated over the past 30 years indicate that the cerebellum,
long recognized as essential for motor control, also has considerable influence on …

Playing Super Mario induces structural brain plasticity: gray matter changes resulting from training with a commercial video game

S Kühn, T Gleich, RC Lorenz, U Lindenberger… - Molecular …, 2014 - nature.com
Video gaming is a highly pervasive activity, providing a multitude of complex cognitive and
motor demands. Gaming can be seen as an intense training of several skills. Associated …