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. 2023 Feb 13;23(2):620–677. doi: 10.1007/s12311-022-01506-0

Table 1.

Nomenclature of the canonical cerebellar nuclear complex

Cerebellar nuclei in mouse Abbrev Latin name Human/primate (Eng./Latin)
Medial cerebellar nucleus Med Nucleus medialis cerebelli Fastigial nucleus/nucleus fastigii
  Rostral part** rMed
  Ventral part** vMed
  Caudal part** cMed
Dorsolateral protuberance* MedDL
  Rostral dorsolateral protuberance* MedrDL
  Caudal dorsolateral protuberance* MedcDL
Posterior interposed nucleus IntP Nucleus interpositus posterior globose nucleus/nucleus globosus
  Interstitial cell groups* IntIC
Anterior interposed nucleus IntA Nucleus interpositus anterior emboliform nucleus/nucleus emboliformis
  Dorsomedial crest* IntDM
  Dorsolateral hump* IntDL
Lateral cerebellar nucleus Lat Nucleus lateralis cerebelli dentate nucleus/nucleus dentatus
  Ventral/parvicellular part vLat Macrogyric part
  Dorsal/magnocelluar part dLat Microgyric part

Subnuclei (indicated *) are based on Korneliussen [19]; subdivisions of Med (indicated **) are based on Fujita et al. [20]. The names of human nuclei follow Weidenreich [16]