Term Name:	dentate nucleus
Synonyms:	dentate cerebellar nucleus, dentate nucleus, dentate nucleus (Vicq d'Azyr), dentatothalamocortical fibers, lateral cerebellar nucleus, lateral nucleus of cerebellum, nucleus dentatus, nucleus dentatus cerebelli, nucleus lateralis cerebelli
Definition:	the largest and most lateral of the deep cerebellum nuclei; it receives axons of Purkinje cells in the lateral cerebellar hemisphere (neocerebellum) and receives its afferents from the premotor cortex and the supplementary motor cortex through the pontocerebellar system, and its efferents project through the superior cerebellar peduncle and is a major source of its fibers
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002132]