Posterior Spinocerebellar Tract Short notes / flowchart (Neuroanatomy & Physiology)

POSTERIOR SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT

• 1ST ORDER NEURON LIES IN POSTERIOR ROOT GANGLION, PASSES ITS AXONS TOWARDS POSTERIOR GRAY COLUMN AND SYNAPSE THERE WITH CELLS (2nd ORDER NEURONS). THESE NEURONS COLLECTIVELY CALLED AS NUCLEUS DORSALIS (CLARKE'S COLUMN). 

• THE AXONS OF 2nd ORDER NEURON ENTERS THE POSTERIOLATERAL PART OF LATERAL WHITE COLUMN & ASCENDS TO THE MEDULLA.

• HERE, THE AXONS (TRACT) JOINS THE INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLES AND TERMINATES IN CEREBELLUM.