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The two main tracts are the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, and the ventral spinocerebellar tract. Both of these tracts are located in the peripheral region of the lateral funiculi (white matter columns). [1] Other tracts are the rostral spinocerebellar tract, and the cuneocerebellar tract (posterior external arcuate fibers). [2]
Cuneocerebellar tract: unconscious proprioceptive information from the upper limb and neck. This tract originates at the ipsilateral accessory cuneate nucleus and travels through the inferior cerebellar peduncle to reach the spinocerebellum part of the cerebellum. Trigeminocerebellar tract: unconscious proprioceptive information from the face.
Efferents of the ACN form the cuneocerebellar fibers that pass through the ipsilateral restiform body of the inferior cerebellar peduncle to terminate in the ipsilateral hemisphere of the cerebellum; [2] a few of its efferents do not join the cuneocerebellar fibers, instead ascending in the contralateral medial lemniscus to terminate in the thalamus.
The fibers of the anterior spinocerebellar tract originate in Clarke's column of the spinal cord and cross in the anterior white commissure to the lateral funiculus, where they ascend to upper pontine levels before crossing back to enter the cerebellum through the superior peduncle. They terminate in the hind limb region of the cerebellar cortex.
Other tracts that carry proprioception are the DSCT, cuneocerebellar tract, dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway, and the VSCT. [1] The spino-olivary tract is a non-specific indirect ascending pathway and is connected to the inferior olivary nuclei.
Other afferent tracts are the ventral trigeminal tract, tectocerebellar fibers, and noradrenergic fibers from the locus coeruleus. The superior peduncle emerges from the upper and medial parts of the white matter of each cerebellar hemisphere [ citation needed ] and is placed under cover of the upper part of the cerebellum.
The entire pathway begins and ends in the cerebral cortex, and its entire course is the following: [2] (Motor and sensory areas of) cerebral cortex → corticopontine fibers → (ipsilateral) nuclei pontis (synapse) → pontocerebellar fibers (decussation within pons) → middle cerebellar peduncle → (contralateral) (cerebellar cortex and (collaterals) dentate nucleus of) posterior lobe of ...
It receives input from the ipsilateral posterior external arcuate fibers (cuneocerebellar tract) and the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, which originate in the accessory cuneate nucleus and the posterior thoracic nucleus, respectively. [citation needed]