Importance of the Cerebellum. Forming a half-circle shape around your brain stem, the cerebellum sits at about the same level as your ears, is pinkish-gray, and weighs about 6 ounces.

There’s nothing stronger than a bond between a father and daughter. After what Isaias Sanchez and his 14-year-old daughter, Saleh, experienced just months apart, their bond is even stronger.

Doctors routinely recommend surgery for patients who suffer brain hemorrhages near the brain stem in an area called the cerebellum. However, an international meta-analysis shows that while patients ...

Participants received a subtle flow of electricity through electrodes or small pads placed on their scalps meant to stimulate their brain's cerebellum. While half the group received steady flows of ...

The cerebellum — or”little brain” — helps with movement and balance. It can also play a role in cognitive functions like speaking, thinking, remembering, and communicating. The cerebellum ...

Intrigued by the cerebellum’s links to conditions such as autism and addiction, he set out to investigate whether it may directly communicate with the VTA, an area of the brain previously linked ...

The cerebellum is only 10% of brain volume but holds over 50% of the brain’s total neurons. Based on this disproportion, my father would always say, ...

Then, in 1998, in the journal Brain, neurologists reported on wide-ranging emotional and cognitive disabilities in patients with damage to the cerebellum. For example, in 1991, a 22-year-old ...

Its name means “little brain” in Latin, but the cerebellum is anything but. The fist-sized orb at the back of the brain has an outsized role in social interactions, a study in mice suggests.

A brain structure that helps us walk in a straight line also appears to play a central role in emotional control and decision-making. The findings about the cerebellum challenge years of dogma.

A cerebellum brain map by Xavier Guell and colleagues was featured on the May 2018 cover of NeuroImage. Source: NeuroImage/Elsevier (Volume 172, 15 May 2018) ...