VPB 121: Veterinary Physiology - II (2+1)

DORSAL SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT

• Occupies a portion of the lateral funiculus between the lumbar vertebrae and medulla
• This fiber tract originates from the ipsilateral dorsal nucleus and ends within the ipsilateral cerebellar cortex
• The fibers terminate in two regions of the cerebellar cortex.
• Conduction velocity of these fibers range from 30 to 110 m /sec.
• It carries afferent impulses from muscle spindle through dorsal root ganglion of the spinal cord and project to cerebellar cortex.