Morphometric comparison of human spinal cord anterior horn cells between the cervical and lumbar levels

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Suzuki, Jun ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Yanai, Tetsu ^a   Shibata, Masakazu ^a   Hisamitsu, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior horn; Human; Morphometry; Motoneuron; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; BACK; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 27144449693     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.82.43     Document Type: Article

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