Anatomy

Cerebellar Nuclei

Four clusters of neurons located deep within the WHITE MATTER of the CEREBELLUM, which are the nucleus dentatus, nucleus emboliformis, nucleus globosus, and nucleus fastigii.

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Abstract

Four clusters of neurons located deep within the WHITE MATTER of the CEREBELLUM, which are the nucleus dentatus, nucleus emboliformis, nucleus globosus, and nucleus fastigii.

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Synonyms

48 entry terms
  • Central Nuclei
  • Deep Cerebellar Nuclei
  • Intracerebellar Nuclei
  • Central Nucleus
  • Cerebellar Nuclei, Deep
  • Cerebellar Nucleus
  • Cerebellar Nucleus, Deep
  • Deep Cerebellar Nucleus
  • Intracerebellar Nucleus
  • Nuclei, Central
  • Nuclei, Cerebellar
  • Nuclei, Deep Cerebellar
  • Nuclei, Intracerebellar
  • Nucleus, Central
  • Nucleus, Cerebellar
  • Nucleus, Deep Cerebellar
  • Nucleus, Intracerebellar
  • Amiculum of the Dentate Nucleus
  • Anterior Interposed Nucleus
  • Anterior Interpositus Nucleus
  • Dentate Cerebellar Nucleus
  • Dentate Nucleus
  • Fastigial Cerebellar Nucleus
  • Fastigial Nucleus
  • Lateral Cerebellar Nucleus
  • Medial Cerebellar Nucleus
  • Nucleus Dentatus
  • Nucleus Emboliformis
  • Nucleus Fastigii
  • Nucleus Globosus
  • Cerebellar Nucleus, Dentate
  • Cerebellar Nucleus, Fastigial
  • Cerebellar Nucleus, Lateral
  • Cerebellar Nucleus, Medial
  • Emboliformis, Nucleus
  • Fastigii, Nucleus
  • Globosus, Nucleus
  • Interposed Nucleus, Anterior
  • Interpositus Nucleus, Anterior
  • Nucleus Fastigius
  • Nucleus, Anterior Interposed
  • Nucleus, Anterior Interpositus
  • Nucleus, Dentate
  • Nucleus, Dentate Cerebellar
  • Nucleus, Fastigial
  • Nucleus, Fastigial Cerebellar
  • Nucleus, Lateral Cerebellar
  • Nucleus, Medial Cerebellar

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23 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

diseases: coordinate IM with CEREBELLAR DISEASES (IM)

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71

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Previous Indexing

  • Cerebellum (1966-1970)

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WL 320

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cerebellar Nuclei. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002529. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002529
  2. Cerebellar Nuclei. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_cerebellar_nuclei
  3. Cerebellar Nuclei. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5250377