Pursuit of the origin of the large myelinated fibers of the anterolateral funiculus in the spinal cord in humans in relation to the pathomechanism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Abstract:

:To determine the origin of the large myelinated fibers in the anterolateral funiculus (ALF) in the spinal cord of humans, myelinated fibers in the ALF of the mid-cervical spinal cord were examined quantitatively. Five groups of subjects were examined, consisting of control subjects, patients with cerebral lesions and showing complete degeneration of the unilateral/bilateral pyramis of the medulla oblongata, those with lesions of the pontine tegmentum, those with lesions of the lower cervical spinal cord, and those with thoracic/lumbar lesions. The results indicate that the large myelinated fibers in the ALF of the mid-cervical spinal cord of humans originate from the tegmentum of the brain stem and the lower cervical spinal cord, and not from the cerebrum, or the thoracic or lumbar spinal cord. Thus, they are descending fibers from the brain stem tegmentum and ascending fibers from the lower cervical cord, and not corticospinal tracts or long-ascending fibers from the thoracic or lumbar spinal cord. The origin of the large myelinated fibers in the ALF of the spinal cord in humans, the number of which was severely decreased in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is considered to be the long-descending neurons in the brain stem tegmentum and the propriospinal neurons in the spinal cord.

journal_name

Acta Neuropathol

journal_title

Acta neuropathologica

authors

Oyanagi K,Kawakami E,Morita T,Takahashi H

doi

10.1007/s004010051129

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-12-01 00:00:00

pages

635-40

issue

6

eissn

0001-6322

issn

1432-0533

pii

90980635.401

journal_volume

98

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