Editing Cerebellum (section)

===Descriptions===
Even the earliest anatomists were able to recognize the cerebellum by its distinctive appearance. [[Aristotle]] and [[Herophilus]] (quoted in [[Galen]]) called it the παρεγκεφαλίς (''parenkephalis''), as opposed to the ἐγκέφαλος (''enkephalos'') or brain proper. Galen's extensive description is the earliest that survives. He speculated that the cerebellum was the source of motor nerves.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Human Brain and Spinal Cord| edition= 2nd |chapter=Ch. 11: Cerebellum| publisher=Norman Publishing |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-930405-25-0| vauthors=Clarke E, O'Malley CD|page=629}}</ref>

Further significant developments did not come until the [[Renaissance]]. [[Andreas Vesalius|Vesalius]] discussed the cerebellum briefly, and the anatomy was described more thoroughly by [[Thomas Willis]] in 1664. More anatomical work was done during the 18th century, but it was not until early in the 19th century that the first insights into the function of the cerebellum were obtained. [[Luigi Rolando]] in 1809 established the key finding that damage to the cerebellum results in motor disturbances. [[Jean Pierre Flourens]] in the first half of the 19th century carried out detailed experimental work, which revealed that animals with cerebellar damage can still move, but with a loss of coordination (strange movements, awkward gait, and muscular weakness), and that recovery after the lesion can be nearly complete unless the lesion is very extensive.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ito M | title = Historical review of the significance of the cerebellum and the role of Purkinje cells in motor learning | journal = Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | volume = 978 | issue = 1 | pages = 273–88 | date = December 2002 | pmid = 12582060 | doi = 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07574.x | bibcode = 2002NYASA.978..273I | s2cid = 22860609 }}</ref> By the beginning of the 20th century, it was widely accepted that the primary function of the cerebellum relates to motor control; the first half of the 20th century produced several detailed descriptions of the clinical symptoms associated with cerebellar disease in humans.<ref name="Fine"/>