Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord in Rat Continue to Grow Even after Sexual Maturation: Anatomical Study and Molecular Proposition
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. General Body Growth
2.2. Growth Curve of the Fifth Cervical (C5) Spine
2.3. Growth Curve of the 8th Thoracic (T8) Spine
2.4. Histology
2.5. Growth Factor Expression in Cervical Spinal Cord
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Animals
4.2. CT Myelography
4.3. Measurements
4.4. Histology
4.5. Western Blotting
4.6. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sotome, A.; Kadoya, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Iwasaki, N. Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord in Rat Continue to Grow Even after Sexual Maturation: Anatomical Study and Molecular Proposition. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 16076. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416076
Sotome A, Kadoya K, Suzuki Y, Iwasaki N. Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord in Rat Continue to Grow Even after Sexual Maturation: Anatomical Study and Molecular Proposition. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(24):16076. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416076
Chicago/Turabian StyleSotome, Akihito, Ken Kadoya, Yuki Suzuki, and Norimasa Iwasaki. 2022. "Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord in Rat Continue to Grow Even after Sexual Maturation: Anatomical Study and Molecular Proposition" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 24: 16076. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416076