Cerebellar ataxia is a neurological disorder of the cerebellum. This important area at the back of the brain acts as a conductor, so to speak, coordinating our movements and keeping us in balance.
A study investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in the patients were located outside the cerebellum.
The results advance our understanding of cerebellar nonmotor functions and the neural mechanisms underlying motor-emotional interaction and somatic-nonsomatic integration. The findings may also shed ...