Talk:Parallel fiber

Article should be unmerged
This article is terrible, and it was basically just a badly maintained stub before the merge. Moreover, the important information is contained in the article targeted by the redirect.

Nonetheless, it should be unmerged, and stripped down to a stub which relates "parallel fiber" to "granular cell". While the fibers are associated (attached to) the referenced cells, that's not necessarily an intuitive leap for a layman. Broad cell types often exist within/as divergent structures in an organism, so it's not a given that the linked cell type *always* forms these fibers, nor is it obvious where within the granular cell article to find this information.

The primary purpose of discussing "parallel fibers" is to explain the "dendritic environment" of Purkinje cells. It is the larger emergent structure that is of interest in this case, not the actual granular cell body. Dumping to the link article from that perspective creates a frustrating and confusing experience.

The links to "parallel fibers" on that page do make sense, because it's a unique structure that requires some definition. They're also commensurate with the links to "climbing fibers" - a (somewhat higher quality) page that has notably been maintained.

Point is, as bad as this page is, it's much better to strip it down to a stub that explains they grow from cerebellar granule cells (+link) than redirect right into the granule cell article. 104.183.195.34 (talk) 03:25, 14 June 2023 (UTC)