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ANATOMICAL investigations have shown that afferent fibres reach the inferior olive from the spinal cord1, the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex2. These findings have been confirmed physiologically by workers who have shown that stimulation of these structures could evoke potentials in the inferior olive3–5. We have recently studied the behaviour of single units in the inferior olive in response to the stimulation of afferent pathways, and our preliminary findings are presented here.
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SEDGWICK, E., WILLIAMS, T. Afferent Connexions to Single Units in the Inferior Olive of the Cat. Nature 212, 1370–1371 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121370a0
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