Pursuit of the origin of the large myelinated fibers of the anterolateral funiculus in the spinal cord in humans in relation to the pathomechanism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-640

  Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^a   Kawakami, Emiko ^a   Morita, Takashi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anterolateral funiculus; Morphometry; Propriospinal fiber; Reticulospinal fiber

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; TEGMENTUM; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL TRACTS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032713525     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051129     Document Type: Article

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