Olivocerebellar tract
| Olivocerebellar tract | |
|---|---|
 Transverse section of medulla oblongata below the middle of the olive. (Cerebello-olivary fibers visible at center right.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus olivocerebellaris |
| NeuroNames | 804 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1579 |
| TA98 | A14.1.04.118 |
| TA2 | 5853 |
| FMA | 72638 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The olivocerebellar tract, also known as olivocerebellar fibers, are neural fibers which originate at the
inferior peduncle to be distributed to the cerebellar hemisphere
of the opposite side from which they arise.
They terminate directly on Purkinje cells as the climbing fiber input system.[1]
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Eccles J.C, Llinas R, and Sasaki. Excitation of cerebellar Purkinje cells by the climbing fibers. Nature 203: 245-246, 1964
External links
- Illustration and text: cere/text/p3/olivo.htm at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical school
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