Uber Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: March 22, 2024
Preferred Name

anterior spinocerebellar tract

Synonyms

Gowers' tract

ventral spinocerebellar tract

Gower's tract

ventral spinocerebellar tract (Gowers)

tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis

tractus spinocerebellaris anterior

Definitions

Runs through the ventrolateral surface of the spinal cord. It enters the cerebellum through the superior cerebellar peduncle. It crosses the midline at the segmental level and recrosses in the cerebellum. Its terminals are distributed in the cerebellar anterior lobe, preferentially in the ipsilateral intermediate cortex. Rostrally, it extends to lobule II.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002987

capable of part of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019230

database_cross_reference

neuronames:808

SCTID:369285001

Wikipedia:Ventral_spinocerebellar_tract

UMLS:C0175561

BIRNLEX:848

BAMS:asc

BAMS:sctv

BAMS:vsc

DHBA:12801

DMBA:17805

FMA:72642

MBA:866

definition

Runs through the ventrolateral surface of the spinal cord. It enters the cerebellum through the superior cerebellar peduncle. It crosses the midline at the segmental level and recrosses in the cerebellum. Its terminals are distributed in the cerebellar anterior lobe, preferentially in the ipsilateral intermediate cortex. Rostrally, it extends to lobule II.

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Medulla_spinalis_-_tracts_-_English.svg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Spinal_cord_tracts_-_English.svg

external_definition

The ventral spinocerebellar tract conveys proprioceptive information from the body to the cerebellum. It is part of the somatosensory system and runs in parallel with the dorsal spinocerebellar tract. Both these tracts involve two neurons and end up on the same side of the body. The ventral tract (under L2/L3) gets its proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration information from a first order neuron, with its cell body in a dorsal ganglion. The axon runs via the fila radicularia to the dorsal horn of the grey matter. There it makes a synapse with the dendrites of two neurons: they send their axons bilaterally to the ventral border of the lateral funiculi. The ventral spinocerebellar tract then enters the cerebellum via the superior cerebellar peduncle. This is in contrast with the dorsal spinocerebellar tract (C8 - L2/L3), which only has 1 unilateral axon that has its cell body in the Clarke's nuclei (only at the level of C8 - L2/L3). The fibers of the ventral spinocerebellar tract then eventually enter the cerebellum via the superior cerebellar peduncle. This is one of the few afferent tracts through the superior cerebellar peduncle. Originates from ventral horn at lumbosacral spinal levels. Axons first cross midline in the spinal cord and run in the ventral border of the lateral funiculi. These axons ascend up to the pons where they join the superior cerebellar peduncle to enter the cerebellum. Once in the deep white matter of the cerebellum, the axons recross the midline, give off collaterals to the globose and emboliform nuclei, and terminate in the cortex of the anterior lobe and vermis of the posterior lobe. [WP,unvetted][Wikipedia:Ventral_spinocerebellar_tract].

has_exact_synonym

Gowers' tract

ventral spinocerebellar tract

Gower's tract

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

ventral spinocerebellar tract (Gowers)

tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis

tractus spinocerebellaris anterior

id

UBERON:0002987

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

anterior spinocerebellar tract

notation

UBERON:0002987

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005413

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001896

prefLabel

anterior spinocerebellar tract

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005413

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001896

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007702

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