Lab: Cerebellum CLOSE

Cerebellar Cortex Cells

Cells of the cerebellar cortex are drawn within a folium. From superficial to deep, cerebellar cortex consists of a molecular layer, a Purkinje cell layer, and a granule cell layer. Dendritic trees of Purkinje neurons appear broad in transverse views but compressed in longitudinal views of a folium. Axons of granule cells bifurcate in the molecular layer and run length-wise (parallel fibers) synapsing on Purkinje dendrites. Axons of basket cells run transversely in a folium. They form "basket" synaptic contacts around initial segments of Purkinje axons. (Stellate cells in the molecular layer and Golgi cells in the granule cell layer are inhibitory interneurons.) For other views of Purkinje cells, click here. For another view of granule cells, click here. For views of basket cells, click here.

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