title: Babinski's contributions to cerebellar symptomatology: building the basis of the neurological examination.
abstract: Several assumptions about the function of the cerebellum and semiotic signs have been described over the centuries. Among the long list of famous researchers who have provided a strong contribution and who have left their names on the highway of cerebellar research, Joseph Babinski appears as a prominent name. The description of various forms of cerebellar symptomatology was a major part of Babinski's work, and clinical terms that he introduced, namely hypermetry , diadochokinesia , and asynergy , remain part of contemporary clinical vocabulary. Babinski studied cerebellar signs in many patients and was able to conduct longitudinal studies that permitted him to understand the evolution of cerebellar dysfunction. Babinski contributions to cerebellar symptomatology continue to influence the most modern theories, including functional and neuropathological studies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Setor de Neurologia Geral e Ataxias, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil, Sao PauloSP.
authors.forename: José Luiz
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pedroso
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Setor de Neurologia Geral e Ataxias, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil, Sao PauloSP.
authors.forename: Orlando G P
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Barsottini
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, USA, ChicagoIllinois.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Goetz
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*