Age-related Reductions in Number and Size of Anterior Horn Cells at C6 Level of the Human Spinal Cord

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a,b   Suzuki, Masataka ^a   Ke, Minghua ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging process; Anterior horn cells (AHCs); Human, morphometry; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030266012     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.73.4_171     Document Type: Article

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