Cerebellar involvement in verb generation: an fMRI study.

A possible role of the human cerebellum in the generation of verbs corresponding to presented nouns has been suggested. Previous functional brain imaging studies have compared generation of verbs with the reading of nouns as a measure of verb generation. In the present fMRI study involving healthy human subjects, the effects of speech articulation and motor imagery associated with verb production were investigated in greater detail.

Cerebellar activation during leg withdrawal reflex conditioning: an fMRI study.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine cerebellar areas related to conditioning of the nociceptive leg withdrawal reflex using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Because of the aversive nature of the unconditioned stimulus effects of accompanying fear conditioning were expected.

Methods: In 20 healthy adult subjects leg withdrawal reflex conditioning was performed using a standard delay protocol during MR-scanning.

Eyeblink-related areas in human cerebellum as shown by fMRI.

Classical eyeblink conditioning is used frequently to study the role of the cerebellum in associative learning. To understand the mechanisms involved in learning, the neural circuits that generate the eyeblink response should be identified. The goal of the present study was to examine cerebellar regions that are likely to control the human eyeblink response using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).