The cerebellum plays an important role in motor output and sensory perception. It integrates pathways in the brain that send information to muscles and provides feedback of the position of the body in space. The cerebellum plays a role in muscle tension important for maintaining posture and fine finger movement such as typing. The cerebellum also plays a role in cognitive function including attention, processing of language and music and other temporal sensory stimuli. It also regulates fear and pleasure responses.
Damage to the cerebellum can result in dizziness, vertigo, ataxia which is an inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements, unsteady movements and staggering gait. This can interfere with a person's ability to walk, talk, eat, and to perform other self care tasks. Other symptoms of a damaged cerebellum include poor motor control, the overestimation or underestimation of force, the inability to engage in rapidly alternating movements, loss of balance and loss of muscle memory. Damage to the cerebellum seems to affect procedural learning such as touch typing. Damage can also result in a continuous muscle tension and muscles that are resistant to stretching, a very painful condition.
The cerebellum can be damaged by certain toxins (many anticonvulsant medications are cerebellar toxins), antibodies produced by tumors in other parts of the body, strokes, multiple sclerosis, tumors, cerebellar degeneration, underdevelopment or displacement such as that caused by Arnold-Chiari malformation whereby the cerebellum extends into the spinal cavity at the brainstem in varying degrees of severity. Arnold-Chiari malformation can cause severe headaches.
The cerebellum is part of the brain, but if you damage the cerebellum, the person will have difficulty with coordinated movement.
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No, difficulty in breathing is not typically associated with damage to the respiratory centers located in the cerebellum. The cerebellum is primarily involved in coordinating motor movements and balance, not respiration. Damage to the respiratory centers located in the brainstem, particularly in the medulla oblongata, is more likely to affect breathing function.
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Yes, it can cause damage to it, especially with sharp blows to the head.
No, stealing would be considered a behavioural sign of addiction. A physical sign of addiction would be, for example, liver damage or withdrawal symptoms.
No, stealing would be considered a behavioural sign of addiction. A physical sign of addiction would be, for example, liver damage or withdrawal symptoms.
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