The gray matter nuclei located in the center of the cerebellum, embedded in the white matter, which receive inhibitory (GABAergic) inputs from Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex and excitatory (glutamatergic) inputs from mossy fiber pathways; all output fibers of the cerebellum originate from the these nuclei[MP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_cerebellar_nuclei MP:0009979 ]
Synonyms: roof nuclei-2 nuclei cerebelli cerebellar nuclei intrinsic nuclei of cerebellum deep cerebellar nuclear complex central nuclei deep cerebellar nuclei intracerebellar nuclei
Term information
- BAMS:DCb
- BAMS:DNC
- FMA:72249
- MESH:D002529
- GAID:599
- MBA:519
- BIRNLEX:1568
- HBA:4780
- BAMS:CBn
- neuronames:682 (BIRNLEX:1568)
- DHBA:10660
- BAMS:CBN
- UMLS:C0007763 (BIRNLEX:1568)
- EV:0100299
- Wikipedia:Deep_cerebellar_nuclei
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