cerebellum Flashcards
spinocerellum/paleocerebellum is made up of
- vermal zone and paravermal cerebellar cortex
- paravermal zone
- vermal zone
paravermal zone
- connection through the interposed nuclei
2. fine tune limb movements
vermal zone
- efferent connections through the fastigial nucleus
- involved in control of axial musculature, posture, balance
- integration of head/eye movement
Corticocerebellum/ neocerebellum
- Lateral portions of lobes
- connections through dentate nucleus
- Involved in higher level movement coordination
- Planning and initiating movment
vestibulocerebellum is made of
floculonodular lobe
vestibulocerebellum is connected to
vestibular nucleus of the medulla
Cerebellum is attached to BS via
- ICP
- MCP
- SCP
ICP carries
Carry major inputs to cerebellum
MCP carries
Carry major inputs to cerebellum
SCP carries
Carry major outputs to cerebellum
cerebellar efferent connections
mostly via deep nuclei of cerebellum
- vermal cerebellum
- paravermal
- lateral
Vermal cerebellar efferent
- Through fastigial nucleus
- sends efferent info to the vestibular nucleus and pontine reticular formation
- Info descends in medial descending system via the lateral vestibulospinal tract and pontine reticulospinal tract
- Some neurons of floculonodular lobe make direct connections with vestibular nucleus without synapsing in fastigial nucleus
- Equilibrium and posture control
paravermal cerebellar efferent
- through interposed nuclei
- info goes to contralateral red nucleus
- motor output directed through rubrospinal tract (part of lateral descending system)
lateral cerebellar efferent
- info send via dentate nucleus
- goes to contralateral ventrolateral thalamus
- projects to primary motor cortex, associated motor cortex and other elements of cortex
afferent cerebellar connections
- floculonodular lobe
- vermal and paravermal zones
- lateral
floculonodular lob afferents
vestibular input
vermal and paravermal afferent
- SC input
2. 2 somatotopic distributions, arranged head to head with axial body more medial and limbs more lateral
lateral cerebellar afferents
- no direct afferents.
- cortex projects to pontine nuclei, which projects and ends in lateral zone
- contains collateral CST and corticobulbar fibers
- cortical input is from contralateral cortex