正常頚髓横断面積と前角細胞の量的検討

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Some Morphometric studies of the normal human spinal cord have been performed using cadavers. These studies, however, concerned only the shape or size of the spinal cord and were of a limited level. No study has as yet published data on anterior horn cells of the cervical cord. In this study, we analyzed a continuous area of level C4-C8, and examined changes in anterior horn cells of the normal cervical spine concomitant with aging. We used thirty-nine healthy spinal cord sections from C4 to C8, which were obtained after autopsy, with no evidence of nervous system diseases, including cervical spinal deformity or compression. The cases ranged in age from fifty years to eighty years (mean 64.6); 13 in their fifties, 13 in their sixties, and 13 in their seventies, comprising 30 males and 9 females. The size of the cervical cord and the number of anterior horn cells varied from case to case. There was no relation between the size of the cervical cord and the number of the anterior horn cells and the aging process.
日本脊髄外科学会の論文
2002-03-31