13: Deep Cerebellum and Brainstem Flashcards
general cerebellar function
comparator-compensates for error in movement by comparing intention with performance
three main tasks accomplished by cerebellum
coordination
tone regulation
equilibrium
non motor functions of cerebellum
cognition
emotion
affective processing
sensory functions accomplished by cerebellum
sequencing incoming sensory patterns
detecting temporal changes in sequence of events
slow cerrebellar feed back paths
ALLOWS FOR LONG TERM IMPROVEMENT anticipate and smooth out movements of trunk and limbs
FAST FORWARD MECHANISMS paths in the cerebellum
second to second regulation of movements to keep them smooth
name the lobes of the cerebellum
anterior
posterior
flocculonodular lobe
(vermis/paravermis in the midline)
vermis/ paravermis controls
axial musculature (neck and trunk muscles)
lateral hemispheres control
arms and legs
flocculonodular lobe controls
maintaining balance
collections of cell bodies
in the CNS-nuclei
in the PNS-ganglion
what ARE deep cerebellar nuclei
primary relay points for efferent fibers traveling from cerebellar cortex (via purkinje cells) to other brain regions
CEREBELLA RINPUTS PASS THRU THESE THANGS
LATERAL HEMISPHERES PROJECT TO WHICH DEEP CEREBELLAR NUCLEUS
dentate-responsible for limbs (arms and legs)
paravermal zones project to the
nucleus interpositus- made up of globose and emboliform nuclei–> movement of axial muscles and neck muscles
what makes up the interpositus nucleus
globose and emboliform
cerebellar info about arms and legs goes thru the
dentate nucleus
info about the axial skeleton, trunk and neck passes thru which nucleus
Partavermis-interpositus (globose and emboliform)
Vermis-fastigial
vermis zones project thru which deep nucleus
fastigial–> head, neck and axial skeleton
three fiber bundles to and from the cerebellum-thru brainstem-to brain and body
superior cerebellar peduncle-major
Middle cerebellar peduncle
inferior cerebellar peduncle
afferent fibers in the superior cerebellar peduncle
anterior spinocerebellar tract
acoustic and optic info
efferents in the superior cerebellar peduncle
dentatorubrothalamic tract
dentatothalamic tracts
affarents in the middle cerebellar peduncle
pontocerebellar
inferior cerebellar peduncle affarents
vestibulocerebellar tract
olivulocerebellar tract
posterior spinocerebellar tract
efferents in the inferior cerebellar peduncle
cerebellovestibular
cerebellooviary tracts
dentatothalamic pathway carries what
info from the LATERAL aspects of the ANTERIOR and POSTERIOR cerebellar cortices TO THE THALAMUS–>then to the CONTRALATERAL motor cortex!!!-to coordinate movement in the limbs IPSILATERAL to the cerebellar hemisphere of origin
cerebelloolivary tracts carries
information from the vermis and flocculonodular lobes through the EGF nuclei to the vestibular nuclei, the olivary nuclei, and the brainstem reticular formation. The latter pathways are important in maintaining balance.
cerebellar gray matter cortex cell types and layers
> outer- basket (i) stellate (i)
middle- purkinje (ex)-only nerves that are cerebellar output
granule=layer (golgi (-) granule cells (+)
only output neurons from the cerebellum
purkinje cells
-synapse on the deep nuclei-in turn send axons outside the cerebelum
only direct input to purkinje fibers of the cerebellum from outside=
rising fibers from olivary nuclei
other input from within the cerebellum
mossy fibers that synapse and activate the cerebellar glomeruli
FUNCTIONAL divisons of cerebellum
vestibulocerebellar
spinocerebellum
cerebrocerebellum
what formations go in to the vestibulocerebellum
vestibular nuclei, flocculonodular, inferior paravermis, fastigial nuclei
formations that go into the spinocerebellum
anterior lobe or cerebellum, vermis, superior paravermis
formations in the cerebrocerebellum
lateral portions of the posterior lobes