ventral spinocerebellar tract

It is part of the somatosensory system and runs in parallel with the ventral spinocerebellar tract.

The ventral spinocerebellar tract conveys proprioceptive information from the body to the cerebellum.

Below L2, the proprioceptive information travels up the spinal cord in the ventral spinocerebellar tract.

The ventral spinocerebellar tract then enters the cerebellum via the superior cerebellar peduncle.

The ascending or afferent pathways to the cerebellum are the dorsal and ventral spinocerebellar tracts.

Unconscious proprioception is communicated primarily via the dorsal spinocerebellar tract and ventral spinocerebellar tract, to the cerebellum.

Some neurons of the ventral spinocerebellar tract instead form synapses with neurons in layer VII of L4-S3.

When the dorsal roots are cut in a cat performing a step cycle, peripheral excitation is lost, and the dorsal spinocerebellar tract has no activity; the ventral spinocerebellar tract continues to show activity.