Cerebellum · IP · substructure

Interposed Nucleus (Emboliform and Globose)

Nucleus interpositus (emboliformis et globosus)

The output of the paravermal region: corrects limb movements on the fly; plays a role in conditioned eyeblink learning.

Open in the 3D atlas →All regions Parent structure: Cerebellum

Anatomy

Between the dentate and fastigial nuclei; made of the emboliform and globose nuclei.
Output: contralateral red nucleus and thalamus.

Functions

Correction of limb errors during movement.
Learning of the conditioned eyeblink reflex (animal studies).

Clinical

Damage causes ipsilateral intention tremor and dysmetria.

In the model

How this structure is defined in the 3D model, and the data source.

SUIT deep nuclei atlas (Diedrichsen et al., 2011), most-probable label map; a smoothed, volume-preserving surface.

References

This substructure’s card draws on the parent structure’s references: Cerebellum.

This page is for education; it must not be used on its own for diagnosis or treatment decisions.

Last reviewed by the author: 12 October 2026

3D model: built from the MNI ICBM152 average brain and the CerebrA, HCP-MMP1.0, CIT168, Harvard AAN, SUIT and Najdenovska thalamus atlases. License details in the atlas.