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The cerebellar cortex is a convoluted sheet of grey matter consisting of three layers: 1. the outermost molecular layer, 2. the ganglionic or Purkinje cell body layer and 3. the granular layer. This grey matter is twisted around relatively thin lamellae of white matter.
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Eccles, J.C., Ito, M., Szentágothai, J. (1967). General Survey of the Structure. In: The Cerebellum as a Neuronal Machine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13147-3_2
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