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The cerebellum is an area of the brain that plays a crucial role in the learning of motor skills. This process involves climbing fibers, which provide teaching signals to Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex when perturbations occur during a movement. However, controversy has…

The organic or methylated form of mercury (Hg), consisting of one methyl group bound to each atom of Hg, (methylmercury; MeHg), accounts for most of the Hg to which humans are exposed. MeHg, by virtue of its lipophilicity is highly neurotoxic to both the developing and mature ce…

The inferior olive (IO) is the sole source of climbing fibers (CFs), a major input pathway to the cerebellum. The integrity of the IO is essential for almost all cerebellar functions. According to various cerebellar hypotheses the information carried by CFs describes a mismatch …