Inferior cerebellar peduncle
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| Inferior cerebellar peduncle | |
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| Dissection of brain-stem. Lateral view. (Inferior peduncle visible in blue at bottom center.) | |
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| Upper part of medulla spinalis and hind- and mid-brains; posterior aspect, exposed in situ. (Inferior peduncle labeled at upper right.) | |
| Latin | p. cerebellaris inferior |
| Gray's | subject #187 775 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_10/12622504 |
The inferior cerebellar peduncle, also known as the restiform body, carries many types of input and output fibers that are mainly concerned with integrating proprioceptive sensory input with motor vestibular functions such as balance and posture maintenance. Proprioceptive information from the body is carried to the cerebellum via the posterior spinocerebellar tract. This tract passes through the inferior cerebellar peduncle and synapses within the paleocerebellum. Vestibular information projects onto the archicerebellum. This peduncle also carries information directly from the Purkinje cells to the vestibular nuclei in the dorsal brainstem located at the junction between the pons and medulla.
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 Scheme showing the connections of the several parts of the brain. |
 Superficial dissection of brain-stem. Lateral view. |
 Deep dissection of brain-stem. Lateral view. |
 Dissection of brain-stem. Dorsal view. |
 Section of the medulla oblongata at about the middle of the olive. |
 Diagram showing the course of the arcuate fibers. |
 Dissection showing the course of the cerebrospinal fibers. |
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