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Anatomy as a Key to Function of the Spinal Cord

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Diseases of the Spinal Cord

Part of the book series: Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System ((CLIN.MED.NERV.))

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Various aspects of the topographical anatomy of the spinal cord are discussed in their appropriate chapters in relation to disc disease, tumours, meningitis and vascular pathology. The purpose of the present chapter is to outline the tracts of the human spinal cord with respect to their plasticity and probable function, and to describe something of the function of the grey matter of the cord as understood from anatomical, microelectrode and biochemical studies.

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  1. M. T. Isaac
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, PR2 4HT, Preston, Lancashire, UK

    Edmund Critchley DM, FRCP (Consultant Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist)

  2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E3, Canada

    Andrew Eisen MD, FRCP(C) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit)

  3. Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E3, Canada

    Andrew Eisen MD, FRCP(C) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit)

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Isaac, M.T. (1992). Anatomy as a Key to Function of the Spinal Cord. In: Critchley, E., Eisen, A. (eds) Diseases of the Spinal Cord. Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3353-7_2

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