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Review
. 2015 Jun 11:2:7.
doi: 10.1186/s40673-015-0026-y. eCollection 2015.

Embryonic stages in cerebellar afferent development

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Embryonic stages in cerebellar afferent development

Maryam Rahimi-Balaei et al. Cerebellum Ataxias. .

Abstract

The cerebellum is important for motor control, cognition, and language processing. Afferent and efferent fibers are major components of cerebellar circuitry and impairment of these circuits causes severe cerebellar malfunction, such as ataxia. The cerebellum receives information from two major afferent types - climbing fibers and mossy fibers. In addition, a third set of afferents project to the cerebellum as neuromodulatory fibers. The spatiotemporal pattern of early cerebellar afferents that enter the developing embryonic cerebellum is not fully understood. In this review, we will discuss the cerebellar architecture and connectivity specifically related to afferents during development in different species. We will also consider the order of afferent fiber arrival into the developing cerebellum to establish neural connectivity.

Keywords: Cerebellar primordium; Climbing fiber; Mossy fiber; Neuromodulatory fiber.

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