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Figure 5

From: Mechanisms of human cerebellar dysmetria: experimental evidence and current conceptual bases

Figure 5

Multiple body maps in the cerebellum. Each cerebellar nucleus has a complete map of the body, with head located posteriorly, limbs medially and trunk laterally. Thanks to the parallel fibers (pf, issued from granule cells) linking together Purkinje neurons (PN) projecting to distinct body areas, myotomes can be interconnected during motor tasks. Parallel fibers are long enough to link together Purkinje neurons projecting to different portions within one nuclear body map, and multiple maps. The contacts between parallel fibers and the dendrites of cortical inhibitory interneurons are not illustrated. Adapted from Thach, 2007.

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