Figure 1. Schematic drawing of the fibers in the cerebellum -- Haphip -- CC BY-SA 3.0

Reminder -- in the cerebellum, all of the neurons except for granule cells (that means stellate, basket, Golgi, Purkinje, and Lugaro cells (not shown above)) are considered inhibitory - meaning, they contain inhibitory synapses at the end of their axons, and they use inhibitory neurotransmitters such as GABA (Purkinje cells).

Granule cells are therefore considered excitatory and use excitatory

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