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The projection from the lateral reticular nucleus (LRN) to the cerebellar cortex was studied in the rat by utilizing the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). In order to study the topographic features of this projection, small amounts of HRP were injected into various sites in the cerebellar cortex. The results demonstrated that the caudal lobules of the anterior lobe vermis tend to receive afferents from the medial LRN and the rostral lobules of the vermis receive afferents from more laterally situated cells. Lobules IV and V receive inputs primarily from the magnocellular division of the LRN of both the ventromedial and dorsolateral parts of the LRN, while lobules II and III receive inputs mainly from cells which lie in the border area between the parvocellular and magnocellular division of the ventromedial part. Following injections within various areas of the posterior lobe vermis, the results indicated that lobule VIII receives the most abundant projection from the LRN and that the cells of origin are present within the parvocellular and the adjacent part of the magnocellular division throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the LRN. Following injections within lobules VI and VII, few labelled cells were found and they tended to lie within the rostral two-thirds of the magnocellular division. Little or no projection from the LRN to lobule IX was evident. The hemispheres were found to receive a modest projection from the dorsal aspect of the LRN. The projection to lobulus simplex originates mainly from the caudal two-thirds of the magnocellular division, while the projection to the ansiform and paramedian lobules originates mainly from the dorsal aspect of the rostral two-thirds of the magnocellular division. Finally, there appears to be extensive overlapping of the orgins of all three projections to the cerebellar cortex studied, and this occurs within the central area of the magnocellular division throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the LRN.
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Hrycyshyn, A.W., Flumerfelt, B.A. & Anderson, W.A. A horseradish peroxidase study of the projections from the lateral reticular nucleus to the cerebellum in the rat. Anat Embryol 165, 1–18 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00304579
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