Morphological characteristics of astrocytes of the fastigial nucleus

Astrocytes are a diverse and morphologically complex class of glial cells restricted to the central nervous system which have been implicated in modulation neuronal activity. The cerebellum is involved planning movements motor learning. Within three deep cerebellar nuclei (dentate, interposed fastigial) provide sole output. fastigial nucleus participates saccadic vestibular function, recent evidence disclosed projections cognitive, affective, areas. However, thus far there no reliable descriptions distribution morphological classifications astrocytes this nucleus. This work aims describe characteristics based on expression GFP transgenic mouse model.