*4.3.1 Ventral spinocerebellar tract (VSCT; anterior spinocerebellar, Gowers' fascicle)*

VSCT originates mainly from the medial part of lamina 7 in the lumbosacral segments, from the dorsolateral nucleus of lamina 9 at L3-L6, and also from the neurons of the ventrolateral nucleus of lamina 9 and the lateral part of lamina 7 at L4-L5 segments [76, 77]. Axons decussate in the anterior white commissure and run in the ventral border of the lateral funiculi. They ascend through the brainstem to the pons where turn dorsally and enter the cerebellum throughout the superior cerebellar peduncle. For the most part, the ventral spinocerebellar tract axons recross the midline in the deep white matter of the cerebellum to terminate ipsilaterally. It terminates in the cortex of the anterior lobe and vermis of the posterior lobe and give collaterals to the globose and emboliform nuclei.
