Preserved cerebellar functions despite structural degeneration in older adults
Anda de Witte, Anouck Matthijs, Benjamin Parrell, Dante Mantini, Jolien Gooijers, Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry, Alaa A Ahmed, Anda de Witte, Anouck Matthijs, Benjamin Parrell, Dante Mantini, Jolien Gooijers, Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry · 2026
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Anda de Witte and co-authors show that cerebellar work holds up in old adults even as the brain part shrinks. Their study appeared in twenty twenty-six. The cerebellum steers move and thought, and its build thins with age. Whether its work falls with that thin was still in doubt.
One hundred sixty adults in three age bands took seven move tasks and one thought task. Each task probed cerebellar work or broad sense-move work. Cerebellar marks held flat from young to old, even past age eighty. Broad sense-move marks fell clear with age. The team reads the cerebellum as a part with strong hold-fast force in late life.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anda de Witte, Anouck Matthijs, Benjamin Parrell, Dante Mantini, Jolien Gooijers, Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry, Alaa A Ahmed, Anda de Witte, Anouck Matthijs, Benjamin Parrell, Dante Mantini, Jolien Gooijers, Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 167 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |