Term: corpus cerebelli climbing fiber
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Name: corpus cerebelli
Synonyms: cerebellar corpus, corpus cerebelli granular layer, corpus cerebellum
Definition: Brain structure which is one of three parts of the cerebellum and is the entry point for a posterior cerebellar tract that carries cerebellar afferents from many brain stem nuclei. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000188]
Name: climbing fiber
Synonyms: climbing fibers
Definition: Portion of tissue that consists of afferent axons from the inferior olive and synapsing with Purkinje cells within the molecular layer of the valvula cerebelli and corpus cerebelli.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001711]