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Goeckerman(medicine)
globosus nucleus(medicine)
nucleus globosus(medicine)
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globosus nucleus (medicine) and Goeckerman treatment (medicine)


globosus nucleus (medicine)


globosus nucleus


A group of two or three small masses of gray substance in the white central core of the cerebellum, medial to the emboliform nucleus; receives axons of Purkinje cells of the intermediate area of the cerebellar cortex; axons of these cells exit the cerebellum via the superior cerebellar peduncle.

Synonym: nucleus globosus, spherical nucleus.


Goeckerman treatment (medicine)


Goeckerman treatment


A treatment for psoriasis; the involved areas are painted with a solution of coal tar, or are covered with crude coal tar ointment and subsequently irradiated with ultraviolet (UVB).