anterior spinocerebellar tract

Term ID

UBERON:0002987

Synonyms

• Gower's tract
• tractus spinocerebellaris anterior
• tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis
• ventral spinocerebellar tract (Gowers)

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.

References

• BAMS:asc
• BAMS:sctv
• BAMS:vsc
• DHBA:12801
• DMBA:17805
• MBA:866
• UMLS:C0175561
• birnlex:848
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=808
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_spinocerebellar_tract
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175561
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369285001

Ontology

Uberon Ontology