dentatothalamic tract

dentatothalamic tract
a group of fibers arising chiefly in the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum and projecting to the ventral lateral nucleus of the opposite thalamus via the cranial cerebellar peduncle; impulses are then relayed to the frontal lobe. Called also cerebellothalamic tract.

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