Trigeminocerebellar fibers

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Brain: Trigeminocerebellar fibers
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The trigeminocerebellar fibers are fibers in the superior cerebellar peduncles which transmit proprioceptive information from the mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve to the cerebellum.

[edit] External links

• http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/cere/text/p3/dsct.htm
• Bukowska D, Mierzejewska-Krzyzowska B, Zguczyński L (2006). "Topography and axonal collaterals of trigeminocerebellar projection to the paramedian lobule and uvula in the rabbit cerebellum". Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars) 66 (2): 145–51. PMID 16886725. 

v • d • e Brain: Metencephalon/rhombencephalon - cerebellum (hindbrain) Regions Posterior lobe (Horizontal fissure) • Anterior lobe • Flocculonodular lobe (Flocculus, Nodule) Vermis: posterior (Folium, Tuber, Uvula) - anterior (Central lobule, Culmen, Lingula) Hemisphere: posterior (Biventer lobule, Cerebellar tonsil) - anterior (Alar central lobule) white: Arbor vitae Vallecula of cerebellum - Primary fissure Layers Molecular layer (Stellate cell, Basket cell) Purkinje cell layer (Purkinje cell) Granule cell layer (Golgi cell, Granule cell) Fibers: Mossy fibers • Climbing fiber • Parallel fiber Deep cerebellar nuclei Dentate - interposed (Emboliform, Globose) - Fastigial Peduncles Inferior (medulla): Dorsal spinocerebellar tract - Olivocerebellar tract - Cuneocerebellar tract - Juxtarestiform body (Vestibulocerebellar tract) Middle (pons): Pontocerebellar fibers Superior (midbrain): Ventral spinocerebellar tract - Dentatothalamic tract - Trigeminocerebellar fibers