L41 Cerebellum Flashcards
Cerebellum functions (5)
Equilibrium Muscle tone, posture Motor coordination Plans motor actions Adjusts output for motor actions
Cerebellum gray matter, white matter
Gray: surface/cortex
White: inside
Motor sequence learning
basal ganglia
Primary fissure divides cerebellum into
anterior and posterior lobes
Posterolateral fissure separates
flocculonodular lobe from body of cerebellum
Cerebellar deep Nuclei
Fastigal
Globose
Emboliform
Dentate
Interposed nucleus is composed of
globose nucleus
emboliform nucleus
Inferior cerebellar peduncle bodies
Restiform body
Juxtarestiform body
Restiform body
Inputs
functions
inputs from spinal cord and brainstem
Monitors muscle and limb movement
Juxtarestiform body
function
interconnects vestibular nuclei and cerebellum
Middle cerebellar peduncle contains _____ from (ipsi/contra) ______
afferents from contralateral basis pontis
Middle cerebellar peduncle ______ signals from ______
motor signals from cerebral cortex
Superior cerebellar peduncle contains _____ fibers to ____ and ______
efferent fibers to red nucleus and thalamus
How is the body represented in the cortex?
Fractioned Somatotopy: fractured nature of body parts
Molecular layers contains
purkinje cell dendrites
granule cell axons
Only axons to leave the cortex
purkinje cell
Cerebellar cortex strucutre
Molecular layer
Purkinje cell layer
Granule layer
Cortical afferents neurotransmitter
Cortical efferents neurotransmitter
Afferent excitatory: glutaminergic
Efferent Inhibitory: GABAnergic
Microzone
group of purkinje cells with same somatotropic receptive field
Deep nuclei neuronal populations
Mossy fibers into cortex
Projection neurons whose axons leave cerebellum