Contributions of the fourth spinal nerve to the brachial plexus without prefixation: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-551

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Loukas, Marios ^c,d   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^e   Ardalan, Mohammad R ^e   Apaydin, Nihal ^f   Myers, Candice ^c   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^e   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Cervical spinal nerve; Innervation; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DORSAL ROOT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE CELL; SPINAL NERVE; SPINAL ROOT; VENTRAL ROOT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 45149098772     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/6/548     Document Type: Article

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