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Terminal sites of the spino-olivary fibers (SOFs) were examined by the anterograde transport of wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase in the cat. The tracer was injected at various spinal cord levels from the first cervical to the caudal segments. The SOFs derived from the C1-T1 segments terminated medially in the caudal half (levels II–VIII of Brodal) of the medial accessory olive (MAO), which projects to the A zone of the cerebellar cortex, whereas the SOFs derived from the L6-S1 segments terminated laterally in the caudal half (levels I–VIII) of the MAO. No projections were found from the T2-L5 segments to the MAO. In the dorsal accessory olive (DAO), the SOFs terminated at levels III–XIV; the DAO projects to the B zone and the C1 and C3 zones of the cerebellar cortex. The SOFs derived from the C1-C4 segments terminated in the most medial part of the DAO (levels III–XIV), followed laterally by those from the C5-T1 segments. Further laterally, the SOFs derived from the T2-L5 and the L6-S1 segments terminated in the mediolateral order at levels V–XIV. The SOFs from the L6-S1 segments occupied the most lateral part of the DAO. The present study demonstrates that there is a distinct somatotopic termination of the SOFs in the mediolateral order in the caudal MAO and the DAO.
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Matsushita, M., Yaginuma, H. & Tanami, T. Somatotopic termination of the spino-olivary fibers in the cat, studied with the wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase technique. Exp Brain Res 89, 397–407 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00228255
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