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Interposed nucleus
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<p>The interposed nucleus is the combined paired <a href="/facts/Globose_nucleus/ymgd6xzb">globose</a> and <a href="/facts/Emboliform_nucleus/gGGzr6cj">emboliform nuclei</a>, (<a href="/facts/Deep_cerebellar_nuclei/fE0KyxeR">deep cerebellar nuclei</a>) on either side of the <a href="/facts/Cerebellum/kBRS2Lou">cerebellum</a>. It is located in the <a href="/facts/Roof_of_the_fourth_ventricle/zJMGB7WP">roof of the fourth ventricle</a>, lateral to the <a href="/facts/Fastigial_nucleus/9nb02A3Y">fastigial nucleus</a>. The emboliform nucleus is the <i>anterior interposed nucleus</i>, and the globose nucleus is the <i>posterior interposed nucleus</i>. </p><p>The interposed nucleus is responsible for coordinating agonist/antagonist muscle pairs, and therefore a lesion in this area causes <a href="/facts/Tremor/rD6ogM7X">tremor</a>. </p>