The Cerebellum Revisited

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Organization, Development, and Repair of the Cerebellar Circuits

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Purkinje Cell Heterogeneity: Its Role in Organizing the Topography of the Cerebellar Cortex Connections

      • Marion Wassef, Pierre Angaut, Leonor Arsenio-Nunes, Frank Bourrat, Constantino Sotelo

      Pages 5-21

   3. Zebrins: Molecular Markers of Compartmentation in the Cerebellum

      • Richard Hawkes, Gino Brochu, Louise Doré, Claude Gravel, Nicole Leclerc

      Pages 22-55

   4. Cerebellar Granule Cells and the Neurobiology of Excitatory Amino Acids

      • Robert Balâzs, Nicola Hack, Ole S. Jørgensen

      Pages 56-71

   5. Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Cerebellar Morphogenesis

      • Andrew Matus, Richard P. Tucker, Christopher Viereck

      Pages 72-83

   6. Cerebellar Grafting as a Tool to Analyze New Aspects of Cerebellar Development and Plasticity

      • Constantino Sotelo, Rosa-Magda Alvarado-Mallart

      Pages 84-115

   7. Light and Electron Microscopic Immunocytochemistry of Putative Neurotransmitter Amino Acids in the Cerebellum with Some Observations on the Distribution of Glutamine

      • Ole P. Ottersen, Jon H. Laake

      Pages 116-134

   8. The Expanding Role of the Basilar Pontine Nuclei as a Source of Cerebellar Afferents

      • G. A. Mihailoff, R. J. Kosinski, S. A. Azizi, H. S. Lee, B. G. Border

      Pages 135-164

3. Electrophysiology of Purkinje and Inferior Olivary Neurons

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. The Electrophysiology of the Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Revisited

      • Rodolfo R. Llinás, Mutsuyuki Sugimori

      Pages 167-181

   3. Voltage- and Transmitter-Gated Channels in Purkinje Cells from Organotypic Cerebellar Cultures

      • Isabel Llano, Beat H. Gähwiler, Alain Marty

      Pages 182-200

   4. Electroneuronal Hybridization: A Novel Approach to Investigate Rhythmogenesis in the Interior Olivary Nucleus

      • Yosef Yarom

      Pages 201-212

4. Electrophysiology of Movement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-214

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   2. Cerebellar Control of Saccadic Eye Movements in the Pigmented Rat

      • Piergiorgio Strata, Leonardo Chelazzi, Filippo Tempia, Ferdinando Rossi, Mirella Ghirardi

      Pages 215-225

   3. A Possible Connection Between the Mossy and Climbing Fiber Systems at Precerebellar Level

      • Francisco J. Rubia

      Pages 226-254

   4. Eye Movements and the Zonal Structure of the Rabbit Flocculus

      • John I. Simpson, Johannes Van der Steen, Joep Tan

      Pages 255-266

   5. The Dynamic Selection Hypothesis: A Proposed Function for Cerebellar Sagittal Zones

      • James R. Bloedel, Thomas M. Kelly

      Pages 267-282

   6. Cerebellar Output: Multiple Maps and Modes of Control in Movement Coordination

      • W. Thomas Thach, S. A. Kane, J. W. Mink, H. P. Goodkin

      Pages 283-300

   7. The Role of the Cerebellum in Voluntary and Reflexive Movements: History and Current Status

      • John P. Welsh, John A. Harvey

      Pages 301-334

This book is organized into three parts that correspond with the main groups of chapters delivered during the Cajal Centenary Meeting on The Neutron Doctrine. These chapters represent important aspects of the morphology, development, and function of the cerebellum and related structures. Clearly an exhaustive analysis of all aspects of the cerebellar system, as they relate to the legacy of Ramon y Cajal, would be impossible to contain in just one volume, given its far-reaching impact. Instead, we deliberately steered away from the traditional handbook approach that some of us have taken in the past and selected those aspects of cerebellar research currently under vigorous study that would also represent the widest scope of interest for neuroscientists in general and for cerebellar specialists in particular. In particular, we felt that as the discrete anatomy of the cerebellum is quite well known, only certain aspects of the structure should be discussed here. For example, the organization of the pontocerebellar pathways, we felt, would be particularly interesting given the enormity of the system in higher vertebrates. Also of interest is the distribution and development of the synaptology and neurotransmitter properties in this cortex. Indeed, from the point of view of cerebellar development, this may represent one of the clearest paradigms in the understanding of rules for neurogenesis for the central nervous system.

• cortex
• neurobiology
• neurons
• physiology

• Department of Physiology/Biophysics, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA

  Rodolfo Llinás

• INSERM U-106, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France

  Constantino Sotelo

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