vestibulospinal

Its spinal portion is located in the anterior funiculus and is known as the vestibulospinal fasciculus.

IX. Neurology. 4b. The Mid-brain or Mesencephalon 1918

Other fibers are said to pass directly to the vestibulospinal fasciculus without passing into the posterior longitudinal bundle.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

The fibers which pass into the vestibulospinal fasciculus are intimately concerned with equilibratory reflexes.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

The vestibulospinal fasciculus (part of the anterior marginal fasciculus or Loewenthal’s tract) situated chiefly in the marginal part of the anterior funiculus is mainly derived from the cells of the terminal nuclei of the vestibular nerve, probably Deiters’s and Bechterew’s, and some of its fibers are supposed to come from the nucleus fastigius (roof nucleus of the cerebellum).

IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord 1918

The vestibulospinal fasciculus, situated chiefly in the marginal part of the funiculus and mainly derived from the cells of Deiters’ nucleus, of the same and the opposite side, i. e., the chief terminal nucleus of the vestibular nerve.

IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis 1918

In the cord it is intermingled with the fibers of the vestibulospinal fasciculus in the anterior funiculus.

IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord 1918

It is probable that terminals and collaterals reach the nucleus either directly or indirectly from the rubrospinal and the vestibulospinal tracts.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

The vestibulospinal fasciculus is concerned with equilibratory reflexes.

IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord 1918

The axons bifurcate as they enter the posterior longitudinal bundle, the ascending branches send terminals and collaterals to the motor nuclei of the abducens, trochlear and oculomotor nerves, and are concerned in coördinating the movements of the eyes with alterations in the position of the head; the descending branches pass down in the posterior longitudinal bundle into the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord as the vestibulospinal fasciculus (anterior marginal bundle) and are distributed to motor nuclei of the anterior column by terminals and collaterals.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

Lesions involving these cranial cervical nerves or the vestibulospinal input to the vestibular apparatus can result in signs of vestibular disease (such as incoordination or loss of balance). "

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