NO TO HATTATSU
Online ISSN : 1884-7668
Print ISSN : 0029-0831
ISSN-L : 0029-0831
Morphometric Development and the Variability of Neurons of the Human Auditory System
Ventral Cochlear Nucleus and Superior Medial Olivary Nucleus
Takahiro NaraNoboru GotoShinichiro Hamano
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

1999 Volume 31 Issue 6 Pages 525-530

Details
Abstract
The development of the human ventral cochlear and medial superior olivary nuclei was studied. We made serial sections of the brain in 10 fetuses at 16-40 weeks of gestation (WG), an infant at 2 months of age and an adult of 63 years using an electronic planimeter with a computer. Although the shape of neurons of the two nuclei was different, our morphometric analysis showed that the development of both of them accelerates between 18 and 21 WG in terms of the columnar length and volume, neuronal size and circularity ratio and the amount of Nissl bodies increases gradually.
Content from these authors
© Japanese Society of Child Neurology
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top