| Term: | inferior olive axon |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | inferior olive |
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| Definition: | Hindbrain nucleus where climbing fibers originate. The neurons in the inferior olive are capable of prolonged oscillatory activity. The inferior olive is called a precerebellar nucleus since virtually all of the efferent axons terminate in the cerebellum. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000215] |