The Spinal Cord from Gestational Week 4 to the 4th Postnatal Month (Hardcover)

Preface

INTRODUCTION
Overview of Atlas Organization
Specimen Collections
Methods: Plate Preparation
Methods: 3D Reconstructions
Terminology
References

THE FIRST TRIMESTER
Cervical Levels Only: Embryos at GW4.0 to 8.5
Spinal Cord of a GW8.5 Embryo
Spinal Cord of a GW10.5 Embryo

THE SECOND TRIMESTER
Spinal Cord of a GW14 Fetus
Spinal Cord of a GW19 Fetus
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a GW26 Fetus

THE THIRD TRIMESTER
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a GW31 Fetus
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a GW37 Fetus

THE EARLY POSTNATAL PERIOD: Infants 4 days, 4 weeks, and 4 months
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a 4-day Infant
Matched Myelin and cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a 4-week Infant
Matched Myelin and Cell Body Stained Sections in the Spinal Cord of a 4-month Infant

3D RECONSTRUCTIONS
The Cervical Level of Eight First-Trimester Specimens
The Progressive Segregation of Ventral Horn Motoneurons into Columns

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Changes in Area during the First Trimester
Developmental Events in Neuronal Populations during the First Trimester
Changes in Area from GW14 to the 4th Postnatal Month
Proportional Areas at Cervical Enlargement
Level Differences in Proportional Areas: GW 8.5-GW19
Level Differences in Proportional Areas: GW37-4th Month
Myelination Sequences in Major Fiber Tracts

GLOSSARY