Morphometric evaluation of the human cervical motoneurons

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 277-284

  Yuan, Hu ^a   Ke, Minghua ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Goto, Jun ^a   Suzuki, Kazumasa ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior horn; Cervical spinal cord; Human; Morphometry; Motoneuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL SPINE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034150439     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.76.6_277     Document Type: Review

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