dentate nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0002132

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 0-683-40008-8

References

• BAMS:DN
• BAMS:Dt
• BM:CB-CBL
• BTO:0003836
• Dentate:nucleus
• EV:0100300
• HBA:12946
• MA:0001008
• MBA:846
• UMLS:C0086120
• VHOG:0001700
• birnlex:1171
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=683
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0086120
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279221005

Ontology

Uberon Ontology