Morphometric analyses of axons in the human lateral corticospinal tract: Cervical/lumbar level comparison and relation to the ageing process

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Nakanishi, Ryosuke ^a,b   Goto, Jun ^a,c   Ezure, Hiromitu ^a   Motoura, Hiroyuki ^a   Ayabe, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Atsumi, Takashi ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Axon; Human spinal cord; Lateral corticospinal tract; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; BACK; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 3242799821     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.81.1     Document Type: Article

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