Gross anatomy of the cerebellum

Abstract

After the fi rst description of the cerebellar foliation by Vincenzo Malacarne (1744-1816) in his “Vera struttura del cervelletto umano” (the genuine structure of the human cerebellum, Malacarne V, Nuova espozisione della vera struttura del cervelletto umano. G. Briolo, Torino, 1776) many different nomenclatures have been proposed for the gross anatomy of the cerebellum (Angevine Jr JNB, Mancall EL, Yakovlev PI, The human cerebellum. Little Brown, Boston, 1961). Here we will consider the classical nomenclature of the human cerebellum and the comparative anatomical nomenclatures of Bolk (Das Cerebellum der Säug etiere. Fischer, Haarlem, 1906), Larsell (J Comp Neurol 97:281-356. 1952), and Larsell and Jansen (The comparative anatomy and histology of the cerebellum. III. The human cerebellum, cerebellar connections, and cerebellar cortex. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1972) and their application to the human cerebellum, and to the small cerebellum of the mouse.