Figure 1.
Organization of the nucleocortical pathway. The primary nucleocortical pathway is reciprocally connected with Purkinje areas that target it (solid arrows). Minor pathways are depicted with dotted lines. The dashed projection from the CbN to the IO is speculative in the sense that it is unknown if it is the IO projecting nuclear neurons that collateralize to the cerebellar cortex to produce the GABAergic mossy fibers. Abbreviations: Pkj: Purkinje layer; GCL: granule cell layer; CbN: cerebellar nuclei; IO: inferior olive.