Olivocerebellar tract
Neural fibers in the medulla oblongata
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The olivocerebellar tract, also known as olivocerebellar fibers, are neural fibers that are located in the medulla oblongata section of the human brain. They originate at the olivary nucleus and pass out through the hilum and decussate with those from the opposite olive in the raphe nucleus, 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.
| Olivocerebellar tract | |
|---|---|
Transverse section of medulla oblongata below the middle of the olive. (Cerebello-olivary fibers visible at center right.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus olivocerebellaris |
| NeuroNames | 804 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1579 |
| TA98 | A14.1.04.118 |
| TA2 | 5853 |
| FMA | 72638 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
They terminate directly on Purkinje cells as the climbing fiber input system.[1]
