Ventral spinocerebellar tract

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.

Synonyms

 * anterior spinocerebellar tract
 * Gowers' column
 * Gowers' fasciculus
 * Gowers' tract (named after Sir William Richard Gowers)
 * tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis