Deep cerebellar nuclei
| Deep cerebellar nuclei | |
|---|---|
Sagittal section through right cerebellar hemisphere. The right olive has also been cut sagittally. (Dentate nucleus labelled at top as nucleus dentatus) | |
Microcircuitry of the cerebellum. Excitatory synapses are denoted by (+) and inhibitory synapses by (-). MF: Mossy fiber. DCN: Deep cerebellar nuclei. IO: Inferior olive. CF: Climbing fiber. GC: Granule cell. PF: Parallel fiber. PC: Purkinje cell. GgC: Golgi cell. SC: Stellate cell. BC: Basket cell. | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Cerebellum |
| Parts | Dentate nucleus, Emboliform nucleus, Fastigial nucleus, Globose nucleus |
| Artery | Superior cerebellar |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nuclei cerebelli |
| MeSH | D002529 |
| NeuroNames | 682 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1568 |
| TA98 | A14.1.07.406 |
| TA2 | 5835 |
| FMA | 72249 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
There are four paired deep cerebellar nuclei embedded in the white matter centre of the cerebellum. The nuclei are the fastigial, globose, emboliform, and dentate nuclei.
In lower mammals the emboliform nucleus appears to be continuous with the globose nucleus, and these are known together as the interposed nucleus.