Age-related Reduction in 8th Cervical Ventral Nerve Root Myelinated Fiber Diameters and Numbers in Man

1987/01/01 by K. R. Mittal, Khushbakhat Mittal, F. H. Logmani · 3 citations
Medicine · #Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology #Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation #Spinal Hematomas and Complications

paper · doi:10.1093/geronj/42.1.8

Abstract

Reduction in the number of large myelinated nerve fibers in spinal nerve roots has been described previously. We observed a reduction in myelinated nerve fiber diameters which at least in part explains the apparent marked reduction in the number of large myelinated fibers with age.

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