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Studies from Institute for Cancer Research & Treatment Describe New Findings in Metencephalon

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, January 2nd, 2012

2012 JAN 2 -- Researchers detail in "Plastic changes in striatal fast-spiking interneurons following hemicerebellectomy and environmental enrichment," new data in Metencephalon. "Recent findings suggest marked interconnections between the cerebellum and striatum, thus challenging the classical view of their segregated operation in motor control. Therefore, this study was aimed at further investigating this issue by analyzing the effects of hemicerebellectomy (HCb) on density and dendritic length of striatal fast-spiking interneurons (FSi)," scientists writing in the journal Cerebellum report.

"First, we analyzed the plastic rearrangements of striatal...

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