Globose nucleus

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Brain: Globose nucleus
Sagittal section through right cerebellar hemisphere. The right olive has also been cut sagitally. (Emboliform nucleus not labeled, but region is visible.) )
Latin	nucleus globosus
Gray's	subject #187 796
NeuroNames	hier-686
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_11/12581303

The globose nucleus is an elongated mass, directed antero-posteriorly, and placed medial to the emboliform nucleus.

[edit] 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

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