The olivocerebellar tract (olivocerebellar fibers)
leaves the
olivary nucleus and pass out through the
hilum
and decussate with those from the opposite olive in the
raphé,
then as
internal arcuate fibers they pass partly through and partly
around the opposite olive and enter the
inferior peduncle to be distributed to the
cerebellar hemisphere of the opposite side from which they
arise.
They terminate directly on Purkinje cells as the climbing
fiber input system.[1]
References
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Eccles J.C, Llinas R, and Sasaki. Excitation of
cerebellar Purkinje cells by the climbing fibers. Nature
203: 245-246, 1964
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Deep dissection of brain-stem. Lateral view.
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Deep dissection of cortex and brain-stem.
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Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information
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