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Numbers of myelinated and unmyelinated axons in the dorsal, lateral, and ventral funiculi of the white matter of the S2 segment of cat spinal cord
Author(s) -
Chung Kyungsoon,
Sharma Jivesh,
Coggeshall Richard E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.902340109
Subject(s) - lateral funiculus , spinal cord , anatomy , white matter , biology , dorsum , axon , neuroscience , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
The present work determines the numbers of myelinated and unmyelinated axons in the dorsal, lateral, and ventral funiculi of the S2 segment of the cat spinal cord. The major finding is that unmyelinated axons are almost as numerous as myelinated axons in these pathways. The myelinated axons tend to be distributed uniformly, although there is a slight concentration of these fibers in the dorsal part of the lateral funiculus. By contrast, the unmyelinated fibers, although found in significant numbers in all parts of these funiculi, concentrate in the dorsal part of the lateral funiculus and in the dorsal funiculus. Of particular note are the unmyelinated fibers in the dorsal funiculus, because it is highly likely that some of these are sensory. The findings in this study will serve as a basis for experimental studies to determine the numbers, locations, and types of unmyelinated fibers in the white matter of the mammalian cord.