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The present study was undertaken to evaluate the use of evoked potentials, elicited by direct cerebellar stimulation, in monitoring the ventral component of the rodent spinal cord. Twenty-nine rats underwent epidural anodal stimulation directly over the cerebellar cortex, with recording of evoked responses from the lower thoracic spinal cord, both sciatic nerves, and\/or both gastrocnemius muscles. Stimulation parameters were varied to establish normative characteristics. The pathways conducting these \u201cposterior fossa evoked potentials\u201d were determined after creation of various lesions of the cervical spinal cord.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">The evoked potential recorded from the thoracic spinal cord consisted of five positive (P<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> to P<jats:sub>5<\/jats:sub>) and five negative (N<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> to N<jats:sub>5<\/jats:sub>) peaks. The average conduction velocity (\u00b1 standard deviation) of the earliest wave (P<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>) was 53 \u00b1 4 m\/sec, with a latency of 1.24 \u00b1 0.10 msec. The other components followed within 4 msec from stimulus onset. Unilateral cerebellar stimulation resulted in bilateral sciatic nerve and gastrocnemius muscle responses; there were no significant differences (p &gt; 0.05) in the thresholds, amplitudes, or latencies of these responses elicited by right- versus left-sided stimulation. Recordings performed following creation of selective lesions of the cervical cord indicated that the thoracic response was carried primarily in the ventral funiculus while the sciatic and gastrocnemius responses were mediated through the dorsal half of the spinal cord. 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