The
globose nucleus is one of the deep cerebellar nuclei. It is located medial to the
emboliform nucleusThe emboliform nucleus lies immediately to the medial side of the nucleus dentatus, and partly covering its hilus. It is one among the four pairs of cerebellar nuclei, which are from lateral to medial: the dentate, interposed , and fastigial nuclei...
and lateral to the
fastigial nucleusThe fastigial nucleus or nucleus fastigii refers specifically to the concentration of gray matter nearest to the middle line at the anterior end of the superior vermis, and immediately over the roof of the fourth ventricle, from which it is separated by a thin layer of white matter...
. This nucleus contains primarily large and small multipolar neurons.
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The
globose nucleus is one of the deep cerebellar nuclei. It is located medial to the
emboliform nucleusThe emboliform nucleus lies immediately to the medial side of the nucleus dentatus, and partly covering its hilus. It is one among the four pairs of cerebellar nuclei, which are from lateral to medial: the dentate, interposed , and fastigial nuclei...
and lateral to the
fastigial nucleusThe fastigial nucleus or nucleus fastigii refers specifically to the concentration of gray matter nearest to the middle line at the anterior end of the superior vermis, and immediately over the roof of the fourth ventricle, from which it is separated by a thin layer of white matter...
. This nucleus contains primarily large and small multipolar neurons.
The
globose nucleus and
emboliform nucleusThe emboliform nucleus lies immediately to the medial side of the nucleus dentatus, and partly covering its hilus. It is one among the four pairs of cerebellar nuclei, which are from lateral to medial: the dentate, interposed , and fastigial nuclei...
are occasionally referred to collectively as the
interposed nucleusThe interposed nucleus is a deep nucleus of the cerebellum and is composed of the globose nuclei and the emboliform nuclei. It is located in in the roof of the fourth ventricle, lateral to the fastigial nucleus...
.
External links
- http://www.mona.uwi.edu/fpas/courses/physiology/neurophysiology/Cerebellum.htm
- http://www.lib.mcg.edu/edu/eshuphysio/program/section8/8ch6/s8ch6_30.htm
- NIF Search - Globose Nucleus via the Neuroscience Information Framework
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