Cerebellar decussation of fibres from the nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis in the brain of the albino rat.
The existence of a cerebellar decussation of fibres from the medial portion of each nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis (Rtp) of the albino rat is indicated. Definite cell loss in the medial aspect of the most rostral third of Rtp is detectable after cerebellar hemisection involving parts or the entire depth of sublobule VIb. Cell loss in the medial aspect of the caudal half of Rtp is evident as a consequence of experimental lesions which damage both sublobules IIb and III.
D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways; D051381:Rats; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000033:anatomy & histology*