Superior cerebellar peduncle
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- Superior cerebellar peduncles
- Brachium conjunctivum
The superior cerebellar peduncles, also known as the brachium conjunctivum, are paired white matter fiber tracts that connect the cerebellum with the midbrain. The superior cerebellar peduncle contains vital afferent and efferent fibers including cerebellothalamic, cerebellorubral and ventrospinocerebellar tracts.
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Radiographic features
The superior cerebellar peduncles decussate centrally (decussation of Wernekinck) in the ventral midbrain at the level of the inferior colliculi. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) enables depiction of the superior cerebellar peduncle decussation and on the color-coded fractional anisotropy map this is seen as a red dot in the ventral midbrain (conventionally, red denote transversely-oriented fibers).
The thin superior medullary velum is suspended between the two peduncles.
Arterial supply
The superior cerebellar peduncles receive their arterial blood supply through branches of the superior cerebellar artery.
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Related pathology
Joubert syndrome: there is absence of superior cerebellar peduncle decussation, giving the characteristic molar tooth sign
Wernekinck commissure syndrome: syndrome caused by a lesion to the superior cerebellar peduncle decussation, usually from ischemic stroke
References
- 1. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Elsevier. ISBN:B01434QBDI. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. Last's anatomy, regional and applied. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN:044304662X. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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