Vestibulocerebellar tract
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The vestibulocerebellar tract is a tract in the pontine tegmentum which connects the
vestibular nerve The vestibular nerve is one of the two branches of the vestibulocochlear nerve (the cochlear nerve being the other). In humans the vestibular nerve transmits sensory information transmitted by vestibular hair cells located in the two otolith orga ...
and the
cerebellar cortex The cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") is a major feature of the hindbrain of all vertebrates. Although usually smaller than the cerebrum, in some animals such as the mormyrid fishes it may be as large as or even larger. In humans, the cerebe ...
. It terminates in the Archicerebellum.


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{{Neuroanatomy-stub Brainstem Central nervous system pathways Cerebellar connections Vestibulocochlear nerve