CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CEREBELLUM – 3
The rectangle in the upper figure indicates the region of a cerebellar fold that will be analyzed in the lower figure.
The gray matter is formed of three cell layers in which neuronal and glial cell nuclei can be observed.
The outermost layer of each fold, called molecular layerPurkinje cells.
The inner region of gray matter, adjacent to the white matter, is the granular layer that contains a large amount of small compactedly arranged neuron cell bodies.
A thin layer of white matter, the fold axis, is seen between the surface of the granular layer and the surface of the molecular layer of the next fold. It contais nervous fibers and glial cells.
Cerebellum. Staining: HE. Small magnification.
