Age-related changes in human spinal ventral horn cells with special reference to the loss of small neurons in the intermediate zone: A quantitative analysis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Terao, Shin Ichi ^a   Sobue, Gen ^b   Hashizume, Yoshio ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Inagaki, Toshiaki ^c   Mitsuma, Terunori ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Nagoya shi Koseiin Geriatric Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha motor neuron; Interneuron; Morphometry; Spinal ventral horn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029901633     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050497     Document Type: Article

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