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The cerebellum participates in many different functions, yet its coordinating role in the learning and execution of movements remains the most visible aspect of our behavior. Multiple pathways convey information from the body to the cerebellum. These spinal pathways can be divided into systems that, either directly or indirectly, enter the cerebellar cortex to terminate as mossy fibers and in pathways that reach the cerebellum by way of the inferior olive and as a consequence will terminate as climbing fibers. Cerebellar processing, subsequently, is mediated back to the spinal cord by a multitude of routes. Corticospinal, rubrospinal, tectospinal, vestibulospinal, and reticulospinal tracts may all, at least to some extent, be controlled by cerebellar output, which may even affect spinal processing directly.
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Ruigrok, T.J.H. (2023). Spinocerebellar and Cerebellospinal Pathways. In: Gruol, D.L., Koibuchi, N., Manto, M., Molinari, M., Schmahmann, J.D., Shen, Y. (eds) Essentials of Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15070-8_9
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