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Cerebellum & Brainstem Flashcards

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Cerebellar Function

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  • “comparator” that compensates for error in movement by comparing intention with performance
  • coordination of somatic motor activity (reg. muscle tone & equilibrium)
  • cognition, emotion, affective processing
  • sequencing incoming sensory patterns & detecting temporal changes in the sequence of sensory events
  • anticipate & smooth out movements of trunk/limbs by slow feedback pathways (improve motor) & fast forward mech. that regulates second to second movements & keeps them on track
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Vermis & Paravermian Control?

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-axial musculature (neck, trunk)

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Lateral Hemispheres of Cerebellum control?

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-limbs (arms, legs)

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Flocculonodular Lobe controls?

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-maintaining balance

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Lateral Hemispheres of Cerebellum project to what nuclei?

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-dentate nuclei

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The Paravermal Zones of Cerebellum project to what nuclei?

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-globose & emboliform (interpositus nuclei)

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The Vermis of Cerebellum projects to what nuclei?

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-fastigial nuclei

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Afferents & Efferents: Superior Cerebellar Peduncle

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Afferents: Anterior Spinocerebellar Tract
Acoustic & Optic Information
Efferents: Dentatorubrothalamic Tract
Dentatothalamic Tract

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Afferents & Efferents: Middle Cerebellar Peduncle

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Afferents: Pontocerebellar Tract
Efferents: none

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Afferents & Efferents: Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle

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Afferents: Vestibulocerebellar Tract
               Olivocerebellar Tract
               Posterior Spinocerebellar Tract
Efferents: Cerebellovestibular Tract
               Cerebelloolivary Tract
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Dentatothalamic Tracts

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-carry info from the lateral portions of the anterior & posterior cerebellar cortices to the thalamus & onto the contralateral motor cortex to coordinate movement in the limbs ipsilateral to the cerebellar hemisphere of origin

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Cerebelloolivary Fibers

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-carry info from the vermis & flocculonodular lobes through the EGF nuclei to the vestibular nuclei, the olivary nuclei, & the brainstem reticular formation

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Cerebellar Cortex

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-gray matter
-3 layers:
Molecular layer - Basket & Stellate cells
Purkinje Cell layer - Purkinje cells
Granule cell layer - Golgi & Granule Cells
-5 different neuron types

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What are the only output neurons of the cerebellar cortex?

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-Purkinje cells

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What is the only direct imput to the Purkinje cells from outside the cerebelum?

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-climbing fibers that have their origin in the olivary nuclei

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Mossy Fibers

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  • imput to perkinje cells that first synapse in the cerebellar glomeruli (synapse with granule * golgi cell dendrites & with Golgi axon terminals)
  • Granule cells then pass on info to Purkinje cell
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Stellate & Basket Cells

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-inhibitory effect on Purkinje cells

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3 Functional Divisions of Cerebellum

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  • Vestibulocerebellum
  • Spinocerebellum
  • Cerebrocerebellum
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Function of Vestibulocerebellum

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-coordinate eye, head, neck movements & maintains balance

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Function of Spinocerebellum

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-coordinate trunk & proximal limb movements

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Function of Cerebrocerebellum

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  • coordinate fine motor planning of limbs
  • anticipates sensory consequences of movements
  • cognitive memory of motor functions

(right controls right, left controls left)

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Clinical Signs of Cerebellar Dysfunction

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  • unstable gait & stance with a tendency to fall, broad based gait “sailor’s gait”, reeling & drunken
  • jerky/unsmooth movements, intentional tremor
  • ataxia (dis-coordination): trunk or extremities
  • dysmetria of movement: goal-directed movement can over or undershoot target
  • eye-movement disorders: nystagmus, saccadic & smooth pursuit dysmetria
  • speech disorders: ataxia dysarthria w/scanning speech, difficulty to maintain speech rhythm, intonation & correct articulation
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Superior Colliculus

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-functions in the control of reflex movements that orient the eyes, head, & neck in response to visual, auditory, & somatic stimuli

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Periaqueductal Gray Matter

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-functions in the processing of autonomic & limbic activities & modulation of nociception

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Aqueduct

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-passageway connecting 3rd & 4th ventricles

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Nucleus of Edinger-Westphal

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-parashymathetic innervation of the eye to constrict the iris & to the ciliary muscle to alter lens shape for accommodation

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Cranial Nerve III nuclei & nerve

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-motor control of eye muscles

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Spinothalamic tract

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-fiber pathway to thalamus for pain/temperature from periphery

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Medial Lemniscus

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-sensory pathway for proprioception connecting the nucleus gracilis & cuneatus with the thalamus

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Medial Geniculate

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-thalamic relay nuclei for auditory information

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Lateral Geniculate

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-thalamic relay nuclei for visual information

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Cerebral Peduncle

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-fiber bundles of the corticospinal tract connecting the cerebral cortex to the brainstem

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Optic Tract

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-optic fibers from optic chiasm to the lateral geniculate

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Substantia Nigra

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-one of several nuclei involved in smooth motor control; degenerates in parkinson’s disease

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Red Nucleus

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-relay nuclei b/w the cerebellum to the thalamus

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Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus

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-fiber pathway b/w the vestibular nuclei and the CN nuclei III, IV, VI to coordinate head/eye movements

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Superior Cerebellar Peduncle

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-fiber pathway to & from the cerebellum

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Middle Cerebellar Peduncle

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-fiber pathway to & from the cerebellum

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Mesencephalic, Main sensory Nucleus, Motor Nucleus of CN V

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-3 nuclear components of the trigeminal nerve nuclei

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Cranial Nerve V

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-motor & sensory fibers of CN V

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Pontine Nuclei

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-collection of neurons in the pons that receive input from the neocortex & send crossing fibers through the middle cerebellar peduncle

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Locus Coeruleus

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-a noradrenergic brainstem nucleus involved in mood, sleep/wake cycle

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Raphe Nucleus Pontis

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-one of several serotonin type nuclei involved in mood, sleep/wake cycle

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Corticospinal Tract

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-motor fibers from neocortex to spinal interneurons & lower motor neurons

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Inferior & Medial Vestibular Nuclei

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-nuclei of the vestibular system that regulate balance

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Nucleus & Tractus Solitarius

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-sensory nucleus for taste (CN VII), glands, chemo/baroreceptors (CN IX, X)

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Dorsal Motor Nucleus Vagus (CN X)

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-parasympathetic motor nucleus to lungs & gut

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Spinal Nucleus & Tract of CN V

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-nuclear & tract components of CN V that extends down into the upper cervical spinal cord

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Inferior Olivary Nucleus

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-origin of the climbing fibers the the cerebellar purkinje cells

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Pyramid

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-name given to the corticospinal tract fibers in medula

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Reticular Formation

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-network of neurons & axons that reside in the brain stem tegmentum involved in arousal, respiration, heart rate control

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Nucleus CN IX

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-glossopharyngeal nucleus with motor control over tongue & pharyngeal muscles with taste from

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Lesions in brainstem will cause?

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-contralateral signs & symptoms

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Lesions in the brainstem nuclei/fascicle will cause?

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-ipsilateral signs & symptoms

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Structures Involved with:

  • Ipsilateral 3rd nerve paresis
  • Contral, hemiparesis
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  • Midbrain (base)
  • CN III fascicles
  • Cerebral Peduncle
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Structures Involved with:

  • Ipsilateral 3rd nerve paresis
  • Contral. tremor
  • Contral. ataxia
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  • Midbrain (tegmentum)
  • CN III fascicles
  • Red nucleus
  • Superior cerebellar peduncle
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Structures Involved with:

  • Ipsilateral 3rd nere paresis
  • contral. hemiparesis
  • Contral. tremor
  • Contral. ataxia
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  • Midbrain (base & tegmentum)
  • CN III fascicles
  • Red nucleus
  • Superior cerebellar peduncle
  • Substantia nigra
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Midbrain Stroke Syndromes

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-ipsilateral CN III palsy & loss of pupillary constriction due to damage of the oculomotor neclear complex including the parasympathetic Edinger-Westphal nucleus

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Structures Involved with:

  • contral. hemiparesis
  • ipsilateral LMN
  • facial paresis
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  • Medial Pons (base & tegmentum)
  • corticospinal & corticobulbar tracts
  • CN VII fascicles
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Structures Involved with:

  • contral. hemiparesis
  • ipsilateral LMN
  • facial paresis
  • ipsilateral gaze
  • paresis
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  • Medial Pons (base & tegmentum)
  • corticospinal & corticobulbar tracts
  • CN VII fascicles
  • PPRF and/or CN VI
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Structures Involved with:

  • contral. arm/leg weakness
  • contral. decrease position/vibration
  • ipsilateral tongue weakness
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  • Medial Medulla
  • corticospinal tract
  • medial lemniscus
  • CN XII
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Structures Involved with:

  • ipsilateral ataxia, vertigo nausea
  • ipsilateral decrease face pain sensation
  • contral. decrease body pain sensation
  • ipsilateral Horner’s Dysphagia
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  • Lateral Medulla
  • Vest. nuclei
  • inc. cerebellar peduncle
  • CN V & tract
  • spinothalamic tract
  • sympathetic fibers
  • nucleus ambiguus
  • nucleus solitarius

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