Central inferior olive

Tolbert s (Tolbert et al., 1978a) and Courville and Cooper s (1970) quantitative analysis clearly showed that all sizes of neurons were present in all central nuclei in monkey and cat. Histograms of the soma diameter of the nuclear neurons projecting to the thalamus and the cerebellar cortex are very similar to the overall size distribution of these neurons. The cells in the cerebellar nuclei of the cat that project to the inferior olive, however, constitute a population of small, spindle shaped neurons (Fig. 109). This... 

Courville J, Augustine JR, Martel P (1977) Projections from the inferior olive to the central nuclei in the cat demonstrated by the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. Brain Res., 130, 405-419. 

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