A parallel fiber results from the axon of a cerebellar granule cell ascending through the molecular layer where it does not bifurcate and synapses on the dendritic branches of Purkinje cells and stellate cells. The parallel fibers in teleost fish do not bifurcate in contrast to other vertebrates. [ doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1333-8_63 ]
Synonyms: parallel fibers
Term information
- ZFA:0001713
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Term relations
- parallel fiber
- tissue
- tissue
- part of some molecular layer valvula cerebelli
- part of some molecular layer corpus cerebelli