CELLS OF THE CEREBELLAR CORTEX

Question 1

afferent excitatory cell processes from the spinocerebellar, pontocerebellar and vestibulocerebellar pathways

terminate as rosettes on granule cell dendrites

excite granule cell

NT is glutamate

Answer 1

mossy fibers

Question 2

excite purkinje, basket, stellate and golgi cells via their parallel fibers

inhibited by golgi cells

excited by mossy fibers

Answer 2

granule cells

Question 3

synapse on the bodies of the purkinje cells which they inhibit

excited by granule cells

Answer 3

baskt cells

Question 4

synapse on the dendritic processes of purkinje cells which they inhibit (GABA)

excited by granule cells

Answer 4

stellate cells

Question 5

excited by granule cells which they inhibit (GABA)

Answer 5

golgi cells

Question 6

afferent excitatory fibers from the inferior olivary nuclei which terminate on purkinje dendrites in the molecular layer

NT is aspartate

Answer 6

climbing fibers