spinocerebellum
A phylogenetic subdivision of the cerebellum, the intermediate part, which regulates body and limb movements. It receives proprioception input from the dorsal columns of the spinal cord (including the spinocerebellar tract) and the trigeminal nerve, as well as from visual and auditory systems. It sends fibres to deep cerebellar nuclei which in turn project to both the cerebral cortex and the brain stem, thus providing modulation of descending motor systems. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_the_cerebellum#Phylogenetic_and_functional_divisions ]
Term info
spinocerebellum
- paleocerebellum
consider merging into UBERON:0004006 ! cerebellum intermediate zone
uberon
UBERON:0014643
Term relations
- regional part of brain
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- has part some (part of some cerebellar vermis)
- has part some (part of some cerebellar hemisphere)
- part of some cerebellum