Cell and fiber counts in human from TomaschJ-1968¶
The following table provides the count of cerebellum cell and fiber counts in human, from [TomaschJ-1968].
Cell or fiber |
Description |
Quantity |
|---|---|---|
purkinje |
Total number both hemispheres |
15 million |
cortico-pontine |
# fibers from cerebral cortex to pons |
19.14 million (for one side) |
ponto-cerebellar |
# cells in pons, same as number from pons to cerebellum |
23.085 million |
inferior olive |
# fibers entering cerebellum from inferior olive (one side) |
0.5 million |
Inferior cerebeller peduncle |
number of axons |
0.52 million (one side) |
cerebellar nuclei |
total number neurons (one side) |
311,404 |
dentate nucleus |
total number neurons (one side) |
284,000 |
nucleus globosus |
total number neurons (one side) |
16,153 |
emboliforme nucleus |
total number neurons (one side) |
10,381 |
fastigii nucleus |
total number neurons (one side) |
5210 |
superior cerebellar peduncle |
number of axons (one side) |
0.782 million |
superior cerebellar peduncle afferents (one side) |
number axons into cerebellum through superior cerebellar peduncle |
less than 1/2 number of fibers (0.782 / 2) |
superior cerebellar peduncle efferents (one side) |
number axons leaving cerebellum through superior cerebellar peduncle |
about 311,000 (total number nuclei, 311,404; maybe less number fastigii nuclei, 5201) |