Quantitative analysis of the spinal cord motoneuron under chronic compression: An experimental observation in the mouse

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Baba, Hisatoshi ^a   Maezawa, Yasuhisa ^a   Imura, Shinichi ^a   Kawahara, Norio ^b   Nakahashi, Kenji ^b   Tomita, Katsuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Nissl stain; Spinal cord compression; Tiptoe walking Yoshimura (twy) mouse; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; MOUSE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0030022848     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02443999     Document Type: Article

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