Aging process of the human lumbar spinal cord: A morphometric analysis

Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-111

  Zhou, Ming ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Tang, Wei ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Gray matter; Human; Lumbar cord; Morphometry; Posterior funiculus; White matter

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD POSTERIOR FUNICULUS; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STAINING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030013740     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1996.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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