Fastigial nucleus 2486859 211945505 2008-05-12T20:13:35Z D.c.camero 6953343 /* External links */ Added cerebellum category {{Infobox Brain| Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = nucleus fastigii | GraySubject = 187 | GrayPage = 796 | Image = Gray707.png | Caption = Sagittal section through right cerebellar hemisphere. The [[right olive]] has also been cut [[sagitally]]. (Fastigial nucleus visible but not labeled.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | IsPartOf = [[cerebellum]] | Components = | Artery = | Vein = | Acronym = | BrainInfoType = hier | BrainInfoNumber = 687 | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = n_11 | DorlandsSuf = 12581208 | }} The '''fastigial nucleus''' or '''nucleus fastigii''' refers specifically to the concentration of gray matter nearest to the middle line at the anterior end of the superior [[vermis]], and immediately over the roof of the [[fourth ventricle]], from which it is separated by a thin layer of white matter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/cere/text/P5/S/C50.htm|title=The Global Cerebellum '97|author=John K. Harting, Ph.D.|publisher=University of Wisconsin Medical School|year=1997|accessdate=2007-06-28}}</ref> It is smaller than the [[nucleus dentatus]], but somewhat larger than the [[nucleus emboliformis]] and [[nucleus globosus]], the other two independent centers of gray matter in the [[cerebellum]]. ==Relations and function== The fastigial nucleus receives its afferent input from the [[flocculonodular lobe]] and the [[vermis]]. Most of its efferent connections travel via the [[inferior cerebellar peduncle]] to the [[vestibular nuclei]], which is located at the junction of the [[pons]] and [[medulla]]. The fastigial nucleus deals with antigravity muscle groups and other synergies involved with standing and walking.<ref>{{cite book|title=Neurology for the Boards|author=James D. Geyer, Janice M. Keating, Daniel C. Potts|publisher=Lippincott-Raven|year=1998|city=Philadelphia|pages=9}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{NeuroanatomyWisc|cere/text/P5/fastig.htm}} * http://www.mona.uwi.edu/fpas/courses/physiology/neurophysiology/Cerebellum.htm * http://www.lib.mcg.edu/edu/eshuphysio/program/section8/8ch6/s8ch6_29.htm {{Gray's}} {{neuroscience-stub}} {{Cerebellum}} [[Category:Nervous system]] [[Category:Cerebellum]] [[de:Nucleus fastigii]]