Sexual Dimorphism of the Motoneurons in the Human Spinal Cord

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 143-148

  Yuan, Hu ^a,b   Goto, Noboru ^a   Akita, Hiroshi ^a   Goto, Jun ^a   Jin, Shùn Róng ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior horn cell; Human; Morphometry; Sex difference; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034571195     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.77.5_143     Document Type: Article

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