Superior Cerebellar Peduncle (Posterior; Right)
Pedunculus cerebellaris superior
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The superior cerebellar peduncle (aka rostral cerebellar peduncle, or brachium conjunctivum) consists of a large bundle of nerve fibers emerges from the cerebellum along the lateral wall of the fourth ventricle into the tegmentum where most of its fibers decussate.
The fibers originate from the dentate and interpositus nuclei. They terminate in the contralateral red nucleus and parts of the ventrolateral, ventral intermediate and central lateral nuclei of the thalamus.
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Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
The term superior cerebellar peduncle is used in this chapter for the ensembled fiber bundles entering or leaving the cerebellum rostrally that include the ventral spinocerebellar and uncinate tracts, the rostralmost fibers of the restiform body and a bundle of nucleo-olivary fibers from the dentate and interposed nuclei.
