emboliform nucleus

Structure

• 1 of 2 nuclei located in the cerebellum, interposed between the dentate nucleus & fastigial nucleus.
  • also interposed between the dentate nucleus & fastigial nucleus is the globose nucleus.
• the emboliform nucleus is a small wedge-shaped nucleus in the central white matter of the cerebellum just internal to the hilus of the dentate nucleus.

Afferents

• axons of Purkinje cells from the intermediate area of the cerebellar cortex

Efferents

• projects fibers through the superior cerebellar peduncle (brachium conjunctivum)

More general terms

• cerebellar nucleus