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. 1970 Jun;66(2):294–301. doi: 10.1073/pnas.66.2.294

Neurogenesis and Morphogenesis in the Cerebellar Cortex*

J C Eccles 1
PMCID: PMC283043  PMID: 4915885

Abstract

The cerebellum presents the best site in the central nervous system for defining fundamental problems concerning the origin and differentiation of neurones, and their growth and development. The many recent experimental investigations of these problems are reviewed, and hypotheses based upon them are developed in relation to neurogenesis, morphogenesis, and synaptogenesis.

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