Superior cerebellar peduncle

Superior cerebellar peduncle
Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere. (Superior peduncle labeled at upper right.)
Dissection showing the projection fibers of the cerebellum. (Superior peduncle labeled at center top.)
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Identifiers
Latin	pedunculus cerebellaris superior
NeuroNames	833
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1711
TA98	A14.1.05.006 A14.1.07.417 A14.1.08.678 A14.1.06.009 A14.1.06.216
TA2	5846
FMA	72495
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

In the human brain, the superior cerebellar peduncle (brachium conjunctivum) is a paired structure of white matter that connects the cerebellum to the midbrain. It consists mainly of efferent fibers, the cerebellothalamic tract that runs from a cerebellar hemisphere to the contralateral thalamus, and the cerebellorubral tract that runs from a cerebellar hemisphere to the red nucleus. It also contains afferent tracts, most prominent of which is the ventral spinocerebellar tract. Other afferent tracts are the trigeminothalamic fibers, tectocerebellar fibers, and noradrenergic fibers from the locus coeruleus. The superior peduncle emerges from the upper and medial parts of the white matter of each hemisphere^{[citation needed]} and is placed under cover of the upper part of the cerebellum.