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Spinal cord border cell
| Name: | Spinal cord border cell |
| Description: | Neuron in the ventral horn of lower thoracic/upper lumbar levels in rat, cat and monkey, regarded as the origin of the ventral spinocerebellar tract[1] |
| Synonym(s): | Spinal border cell, spinal border neuron |
| Has role: | Principal neuron role |
| Super-category: | Neuron |
| URL: | SPRAGUE JM. Spinal border cells and their role in postural mechanism (Schiff-Sherrington phenomenon). J Neurophysiol. 1953 Sep;16(5):464-74 |
| PMID: | PMID 5553374 |
| Id: | nlx_143585 |
| Organism: | rat, cat, Monkey, Guinea pig[2] |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
Soma Specific Properties
| Cell Soma Size: | Large soma[3] |
| Soma Location: | thoracic spinal cord ventral horn, lumbar spinal cord ventral horn[1] |
Dendrite Specific Properties
| Branching type: | multipolar[3] |
Parts of Spinal cord border cell
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsushita M & Yaginuma H (1989) Spinocerebellar projections from spinal border cells in the cat as studied by anterograde transport of wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase. J Comp Neurol 288: 19-38 PubMed
- ↑ et al. PubMed
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tracey DJ et al. (1988) Spinocerebellar neurones in the guinea pig--a morphological study. Brain Res 453: 129-35 PubMed
Many of the axons of these cells cross twice; once in the spinal cord and once again at the level of the superior cerebellar peduncle. Thus, they project ipsilaterally ultimately.
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Facts about Spinal cord border cellRDF feed
| BranchingMetrics | multipolar + |
| CellSomaSize | Large soma + |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| DefiningCitation | SPRAGUE JM. Spinal border cells and their role in postural mechanism (Schiff-Sherrington phenomenon). J Neurophysiol. 1953 Sep;16(5):464-74 + |
| Definition | Neuron in the ventral horn of lower thoracic/upper lumbar levels in rat, cat and monkey, regarded as the origin of the ventral spinocerebellar tract |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Petilla neuron + |
| Has role | Principal neuron role + |
| Id | nlx_143585 + |
| Label | Spinal cord border cell + |
| Located in | Thoracic spinal cord ventral horn +, and Lumbar spinal cord ventral horn + |
| ModifiedDate | 9 March 2012 + |
| PMID | 5553374 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Petilla neuron + |
| Species | Rat +, Cat +, Monkey +, and Guinea pig + |
| SuperCategory | Neuron + |
| Synonym | Spinal border cell +, and spinal border neuron + |