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The Cerebellum: Coordination of Voluntary Motor Activity
The Cerebellum: Coordination of Voluntary Motor Activity
INFERIOR VIEW
STRUCTURE OF THE CERERBELLUM STRUCTURE OF CEREBELLAR CORTEX
MOSSY FIBERS
afferent excitatory fibers of the
spinocerebellar and pontocerebellar tracts.
terminate as mossy fiber rosettes on granule
cells
A single mossy fiber may stimulate
thousands of Purkinje cells through the
granule cells
PURKINJE CELLS
form the center of a functional unit of the
cerebellar cortex.
conveys the only output from the cerebellar
cortex.
projects inhibitory output (gamma-
aminobutyric acid [GABA]) to the cerebellar
and vestibular nuclei