THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CEREBELLAR NUCLEI AS DETERMINED BY FARADIC STIMULATION

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Abstract
For the investigation of the functions of the cerebellum, the method of faradic stimulation has been utilized much less extensively than the method of extirpation, partial or complete; in this respect the cerebellum differs greatly from the cerebrum, knowledge of the activities of which has been gained rather by electrical stimulations than by ablations. The advantages of faradic stimulation are indeed clearly apparent, since it serves to evoke activities which simulate closely normal living processes; on the other hand, extirpations, which subtract elements of these processes, leave a residue of morbid phenomena, partly of deficiency, partly of compensation, from which it is difficult to reconstruct the faculties of the parts removed. The reason for the comparative neglect of the method of stimulation in the case of the cerebellum is to be found in the difficulty experienced in evoking reactions from the cortex; this is admitted by all observers1

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