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• n  a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans

• Once thought to be mainly a disease of the cerebellum a region in the back of the brain that integrates sensory and motor activity, autism is increasingly seen as a pervasive .
• The rear part (cerebellum) governs action.
• The cerebellum, he notes, is one of the brain's busiest computational centers, and the Purkinje cells are critical elements in its data-integration system.

News & Articles

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• Dr. Roger Reeves, 2012 Sisley-Jérôme Lejeune Prize Winner, Significantly Advances Understanding of the Biology of Down ...
  The Jerome Lejeune Foundation congratulates Dr. Reeves for his research on the use of sonic hedgehog pathway agnoist in transgenic mice to normalize growth of the cerebellum is one more development in the acceleration of research in Down syndrome. (PRWeb September 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11103404.htm
  Sept. 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Carla Shatz in Science Daily (press release)
  This proves that changes in levels of these two MHC molecules is enough to account for both changes in motor learning and the ease of strengthening or weakening connections in the cerebellum,Shatz said. "It implies that, normally, these...
• Pope John Paul II in Catholic News Service
  The science academy book, "The Signs of Death," also emphasized the fact that in a speech in 2000, Pope John Paul II agreed that "the complete and irreversible cessation of all brain activity (in the cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem), if...
• Edward Hallowell in Boston Globe (registration)
  Whether or not physical exercise rewires the cerebellum, that's up for grabs,Hallowell said.