Riva Daria, Cazzaniga Fabiana, Esposito Silvia, Bulgheroni Sara
Developmental Neurology Division , Fondazione IRCSS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy.
Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2013;2(2):97-103. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2013.791092. Epub 2013 Jun 9.
This article examines the role of the cerebellum in processing executive functions in developmental age. The areas implicated in its elaboration are interconnected in a network that includes the prefrontal cortex, the basal ganglia, and the cerebellum. Implementation of the capacities to plan and to control corresponds to the development of the network and its structures. The development, from an evolutionary point of view, of the most recent parts of the cerebellum and of its connections with the prefrontal cortex is tied to the crucial role that it plays in an inexorable way in action execution with implicit mechanisms of anticipation and control. Deficits in executive functions are present in many cerebellar pathologies and there is also an important link between motor development and the development of many higher-order cognitive and functional domains. Further studies are needed to clarify the role of the cerebellum in executive functions both in pathological or normal conditions in the developmental age.
本文探讨了小脑在发育年龄阶段执行功能处理中的作用。参与其精细过程的区域在一个网络中相互连接，该网络包括前额叶皮质、基底神经节和小脑。计划和控制能力的实现与该网络及其结构的发育相对应。从小脑最新部分及其与前额叶皮质连接的进化角度来看，其发育与它在行动执行中通过隐含的预期和控制机制所发挥的关键作用紧密相关。许多小脑病变中存在执行功能缺陷，并且运动发育与许多高阶认知和功能领域的发育之间也存在重要联系。需要进一步研究以阐明小脑在发育年龄阶段的病理或正常情况下执行功能中的作用。
