{{Infobox brain | Name = Anterior lobe of cerebellum | Latin = lobus anterior cerebelli | Image = File:Gray702 anterior lobe of cerebellum.png | Caption = Superior view of an cerebellum. Anterior lobe shown in red. | Image2 = 1613 Major Regions of the Cerebellum-02.svg | Caption2 = The anterior lobe {{Legend inline|#a4469a}} is demarcated by the primary fissure from the posterior lobe {{Legend inline|#a9d049}}. | IsPartOf = | Components = | Artery = | Vein = }} The '''anterior lobe of cerebellum''' is one of the lobes of the cerebellum responsible for mediating unconscious proprioception. Inputs into the anterior lobe of the cerebellum are mainly from the spinal cord.<ref>{{cite book|last=Siegel|first=Allan Siegel, Hreday N. Sapru; case histories written by Heidi E.|title=Essential neuroscience|year=2011|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|location=Philadelphia|isbn=9780781783835|pages=190|edition=2nd}}</ref> It is sometimes equated to the "paleocerebellum".<ref name="urlThe Cerebellum">{{cite web|title=The Cerebellum|url=http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaffrey/syllabi/CMSD%20320/362unit7.html}}</ref>
== Clinical significance ==
=== Anterior lobe syndrome === When a person gets most of their calories from alcohol (chronic alcoholism) the anterior lobe can deteriorate due to malnutrition. This is known as anterior lobe syndrome, and it causes unsteady gait.<ref name="url">{{cite web |url=http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain/syllabus/syllabus11.html |title=utah.edu }}</ref>
==Additional images== <gallery> File:Anterior lobe of cerebellum -- animation.gif|Animation. Anterior lobe shown in red. File:Anterior lobe of cerebellum --- animation.gif|Close up animation. Anterior lobe shown in red. File:Cerebellar lobes by Sanjoy Sanyal.webm|Dissection video (1 min 20 s). Demonstrating the three cerebellar lobes. </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{UMichAtlas|n2a7p4}} * [https://www.neuinfo.org/mynif/search.php?q=Anterior%20Lobe%20of%20the%20Cerebellum&t=data&s=cover&b=0&r=20 NIF Search - Anterior Lobe of the Cerebellum]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} via the Neuroscience Information Framework
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